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Jan Cornets de Groot

Dutch politician (1554-1640)

  • Fame36.0
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia124
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Lived 1554–1640, aged 86
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  • Era
    1554–1640
    Aged 86
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Updated 2026-06-17

Jan Cornets De Groot or Johan Hugo De Groot Latinized as Janus Grotius was a Dutch nobleman and scholar who conducted experiments in physics and explored natural philosophy. Along with Simon Stevin he experimented on the time taken for lead of different weights to fall to the ground to prove Aristotle wrong in the famous Delft tower experiment.

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