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Isaac Beeckman

Dutch philosopher and scientist
Person human Q783040

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[20]
Date of birth
December 10, 1588, 1570[10]
Date of death
May 19, 1637, 1637[11]
Place of birth
Middelburg
Place of death
Dordrecht
Country of citizenship
Dutch Republic[12]
Occupation
philosopher, mathematician, music theorist, physicist, scientist, physician, naturalist[13][14]
Field of work
philosophy, natural philosophy[15][16]
Educated at
Leiden University, Academy of Saumur[17][18]
Doctoral advisor
Rudolph Snellius[19]
Doctoral student
René Descartes, Johan de Witt[21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Dutch, Latin[26][27]
Described by source
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie[25]
Family name
Beeckman[23]
Given name
Isaac[24]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[28]
P14977
RETE008675
🏷️ Also known as
en Isaac Beeckman en Isaak Beeckmann ar إسحاق بيكمان de Isaak Beeckmann el Ισαάκ Μπέεκμαν es Isaak Beeckmann fa آیزاک بکمان ja イサーク・ベークマン nl Isaak Beeckmann pt Issac Beeckman ru Исаак Бекман uk Ісаак Бекман zh 以撒·貝克曼
🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000083888594
VIAF cluster ID
64138539, 90849681
Library of Congress authority ID
n83197108
GND ID
122707613, 138572356
American Academy in Rome ID
12382637
BIBSYS ID
90523250
BIU Santé person ID
1479
Base Budé person ID
7377
Biblioteche dei filosofi ID
172
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13005054q
Biografisch Portaal van Nederland ID
10502926
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
beeckman-isaac
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CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01357815, cnp01177963
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11673077
CiNii Research ID
1140282266654772736
DBNL author ID
beec002
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
138572356
ECARTICO person ID
25113
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
e3fdde44-0dcb-4fdc-b101-6c066e8a3129
Electronic Enlightenment ID
beeckisaac004251
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Isaac-Beeckman
FAST ID
119654
FactGrid item ID
Schlickeralmlauf
Freebase ID
/m/03zpty
Geni.com profile ID
6000000121061668927
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
6590
IdRef ID
05060466X
Lex ID
Isaac_Beeckman
Lexikon der Mathematik entry ID
975
MR Author ID
236247
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
125299
Museo Galileo authority ID
5545
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA09262276
NL CR AUT ID
jo20231185512
National Library of Israel ID (old)
004642297
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007364194405171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9815028374905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1537835
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
069392390
Open Library ID
OL2354330A
PUG authority ID
209510
Parsifal cluster ID
441920
Post-Reformation Digital Library author ID
1023
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
51985
RERO ID (legacy)
A002983930
RILM ID
98682
SBN author ID
MILV271282
SHARE Catalogue author ID
744994
Symogih.org ID
Actr39
The Galileo Project ID
beeckman
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/297074
Wellcome Collection concept ID
gen8szwp
WikiTree person ID
Beeckman-87
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyWQ8f4dQBDk4HdgtTrbd, E39PBJmy3P8XTBpcJ9FGX7GbVC
Yale LUX ID
person/b2f99ab9-5b5b-45d8-b1ba-455b9288139b
ZbMATH author ID
beeckman.isaac

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 6
physician, scientist, mathematician, philosopher, physicist, music theorist
Doctoral student 2
René Descartes, Johan de Witt
Doctoral students 2
René Descartes, Johan de Witt
Educated at 2
Leiden University, Academy of Saumur
Field of work 2
philosophy, natural philosophy
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Latin, Dutch
Country of citizenship 1
Dutch Republic
Described by source 1
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Doctoral advisor 1
Rudolph Snellius
Doctoral advisors 1
Rudolph Snellius
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Middelburg
Place of death 1
Dordrecht
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Isaac Beeckman was born on December 10, 1588[1], in Middelburg[2]. He died on May 19, 1637[3], in Dordrecht[4]. He worked as a philosopher[5], mathematician[6], music theorist[7], physicist[8], and scientist[9].

Why It Matters

Isaac Beeckman's notable doctoral advisees include René Descartes[29], a philosopher[30], 1596–1650[31], of France[32], specialised in philosophy[33] and Johan de Witt[34], a mathematician[35], 1625–1672[36], of Dutch Republic[37], specialised in mathematical analysis[38].

FAQs

Where was Isaac Beeckman born?

Isaac Beeckman's place of birth was Middelburg[2].

Where did Isaac Beeckman die?

Isaac Beeckman passed away in Dordrecht[4].

What did Isaac Beeckman do for work?

Isaac Beeckman worked as a philosopher[5], mathematician[6], music theorist[7], physicist[8], and scientist[9].

Where did Isaac Beeckman go to school?

Isaac Beeckman was educated at Leiden University[17] and Academy of Saumur[18].

Related Entities

Academy of Saumur Dutch Republic Johan de Witt Leiden University philosophy René Descartes

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . Catalog of the German National Library. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [10] ↑ . deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [11] ↑ . deutsche-biographie.de. Retrieved . deutsche-biographie.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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