Mathematician:Willebrord van Royen Snell/Mistake

Source Work

1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.)

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

Snell, Willebrord van Royen (1591-1626)

Mistake

Snell, Willebrord van Royen (1580-1626)

Correction

Willebrord van Royen Snell's date of birth is given by various online sources as $13$ June $1580$.

Several source works (notably the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica) give his birth year as $1591$. This is probably the source of the error in this particular work.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Snell, Willebrord van Royen (1591-1626)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Snell, Willebrord van Royen (1591-1626)