- First name
- Johannes
- Last name
- Hudde
- Date of Birth
- 1628
- Date of Death
- 1704
- Born in
- Amsterdam
- Died in
- Amsterdam
Johannes Hudde was a burgomaster (mayor) of Amsterdam between 1672–1703, a mathematician and governor of the Dutch East India Company. Hudde was a brilliant mathematician who contributed to Van Schooten’s the second edition (1659) of Descartes' Geometria. He had a keen interest in theoretical and practical optics and collaborated with Spinoza in the mid-1660s to build a hand-held refracting telescope.
For the Specilla circularia, see https://www.kb.nl/themas/boekgeschiedenis/specilla-circularia-johannes-hudde-over-telescopen (Dutch).
