François de Aguillon

Biography
1567 - 1617

About the artist

François de Aguilon (1567, Brussels – 1617) was a Belgian mathematician, physicist and architect. His father was a secretary to Philip II, king of Spain. In 1586 he became a Jesuit in Doornik (Tournai). In 1598 he moved to Antwerp, participating in planning and constructing the Carolus Borromeuskerk (Carolus Borromeus church). In 1616 he started a special school for mathematics in Antwerp. His book Opticorum libri sex philosophis iuxta ac mathematicis utiles (‘Six books of optics, useful for philosophers and mathematicians’) was published by Balthasar I Moretus in Antwerp in 1613. It was illustrated by PieterPaul Rubens. Christiaan Huygens was inspired by this book.

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