Nicolaas Hartsoeker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Dutch mathematician and physicist

Date of Birth: 26-Mar-1656

Place of Birth: Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 10-Dec-1725

Profession: astronomer, physicist, mathematician, inventor, biologist, university teacher, instrument maker, embryologist

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Nicolaas Hartsoeker (26 March 1656, in Gouda – 10 December 1725, in Utrecht) was a Dutch mathematician and physicist who invented the screw-barrel simple microscope circa 1694.