Martin van den Hove

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Martin (Maarten) van den Hove (Latinized as Martinus Hortensius (Ortensius)) (1605 – 7 August 1639) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician. His adopted Latin name is a translation of the Dutch hof ("garden"), in Latin horta.

Early life

Born in Delft, he studied at Leiden University under Snellius and Isaac Beeckman from 1625 to 1627. He received further instruction from Snellius from 1628 to 1630 at Leiden and at Ghent.

Van den Hove and Philippe van Lansberge

In 1628, he began studying under

Copernicus."[1]

In 1632, at

Kepler
tended to neglect them."

Career as lecturer

At the encouragement of

Gerard Vossius and Caspar Barlaeus, Van den Hove began lecturing on the mathematical sciences at the Amsterdam Atheneum (Athenaeum Illustre) in 1634. The Athenaeum Illustre, which had its seat in the fourteenth century Agnietenkapel, is commonly regarded as the predecessor of the University of Amsterdam
. Upon assuming his new duties, Van den Hove delivered an inaugural speech, later published as De dignitate et utilitate Matheseos ("On the dignity and utility of the mathematical sciences").

Van den Hove also lectured on

Jupiter's moons
.

Work and legacy

Van den Hove developed a method for measuring the

Copernican theory" in 1635 and then nominated professor at Leiden University
in 1639, but he died there shortly afterwards.

The crater Hortensius on the Moon is named after him.

Works

References

  1. ^ www.knaw.nl Archived 2006-09-02 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ISBN 978-0-226-84882-2
    .
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