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Jan Śniadecki
1756Aug, 29

Jan Śniadecki

Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1830)
Jan Śniadecki (29 August 1756 – 9 November 1830) was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

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