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Adriaan Anthonisz (1527-1607) was a Dutch mathematician, surveyor, cartographer, and military engineer who specialized in the design of fortifications. As a mathematician Anthonisz calculated in 1585 the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, which would later be called pi.
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Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
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Lived 1541 to 1620 · aged 79
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