Adriaan Anthonisz
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| Born | Alkmaar |
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| Netherlands | |
| Died | Alkmaar |
| Netherlands | |
| Children | Adriaan Metius |
| Jacob Metius | |
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| ID | 911693 |
About Adriaan Anthonisz
Adriaan Anthonisz was a Dutch mathematician, surveyor, cartographer, and military engineer who specialized in the design of fortifications. As a mathematician Anthonisz discovered in 1585 the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, which would later be called pi.
