David Bierens de Haan
David Bierens de Haan (3 May 1822, Amsterdam – 12 August 1895, Leiden) was a Dutch mathematician and historian of science.
He was de son of the rich merchant Abraham Pieterszoon de Haan (1795–1880) and Catharina Jacoba Bierens (1797–1835). In 1843 he completed a study in the exact sciences and received his doctorate in 1847 under Gideon Janus Verdam (1802–1866) for the work De Lemniscata Bernouillana. After this he became a teacher of physics and mathematics at a gymnasium in Deventer. In 1852 he married Johanna Catharina Justina IJssel de Schepper (1827–1906) in Deventer.
In 1856 he became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1] Since 1866 he was professor of mathematics at Leiden University. Since 1888 he was co-editor of the works of Christiaan Huygens and in 1892 edited the Algebra of Willem Smaasen (1820–1850).
He had a large library on mathematics, the history of science and pedagogy, which currently reesides at the Leiden University Library.
His most important contribution to mathematics consist of the reissuing of a large table of integrals. His doctoral students include Pieter Hendrik Schoute.
References
- ↑ "David Bierens de Haan (1822 - 1895)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- D. J. E. Schrek: David Bierens de Haan. In: Scripta Mathematica. 21, 1955, ISSN 0076-5309, S. 31–41.
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