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Jan Vaerman

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Jan Vaerman
Born26 April 1653 Edit this on Wikidata
Erembodegem Edit this on Wikidata
Died10 May 1731 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 78)
Bruges Edit this on Wikidata
Academia Mathematica of Oeffen-school vande Wis-konst (1719)

Jan Vaerman (1653–1731)[1] was a Flemish mathematician.[2][3]

He worked as a school teacher first in Bruges and then, from 1693 to 1717, in Tielt. He wrote about French grammar, arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry and planimetrics.[4]

Works

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  • Ontledingh der Fransche spraeck-konst. L'anatomie de la grammaire françoise. Bruges: Franciscus Van Heurce. 1699.
  • Academia Mathematica of Oeffen-school van de Wis-konst. Bruges: Pieter vande Cappelle. 1719.

References

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  1. ^ "Jan Vaerman". Biografisch Portaal (in Dutch).
  2. ^ J. G. Frederiks; F. Jos. van den Branden (1890). "Vaerman (Jan)". Biographisch woordenboek der Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde (in Dutch). Amsterdam: L. J. Veen. p. 799.
  3. ^ Verslagen en mededelingen van de Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Taal- en Letterkunde (in Dutch). Ghent: A. Siffer. 1891. pp. 236, 240–241.
  4. ^ "Vaerman (Jan)". Biographie Nationale de Belgique (PDF) (in French). Vol. 26. Bruxelles: Émile Bruylant. 1936–1938. pp. 15–17.