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Jan Śniadecki (29 August 1756 – 9 November 1830) was a Polish mathematician, philosopher, and astronomer at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Jan Śniadecki
Jan Śniadecki (1823 painting by Jan Rustem)
Born	(1756-08-29)29 August 1756 Żnin, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died	9 November 1830(1830-11-09) (aged 74) Jašiūnai Manor, Partitioned Poland
Relatives	Jędrzej Śniadecki (brother)
Main interests	Mathematics, philosophy, astronomy
Influences Locke, Condillac, Kołłątaj, Copernicus
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Life

Born in Żnin, Śniadecki studied at Kraków Jagellonian University and in Paris. He was rector of the Imperial University of Vilnius, a member of the Commission of National Education, and director of astronomical observatories at Kraków (055) and Vilnius. He died at Jašiūnai Manor near Vilnius.

Śniadecki published many works, including his observations on recently discovered planetoids. His O rachunku losów (On the Calculation of Chance, 1817) was a work in probability.

He was brother to Jędrzej Śniadecki.

Honours

The lunar crater Sniadecki and the main-belt asteroid 1262 Sniadeckia were named in his honour.

Works

• "Rachunku algebraicznego teoria" (1783)
• "Geografia, czyli opisanie matematyczne i fizyczne ziemi" (1804)
• "Rozprawa o Koperniku" (Discourse on Nicolaus Copernicus, biography, 1802)
• "O rachunku losów" (1817)
• "Trygonometria kulista analitycznie wyłożona" (1817)
• "O pismach klasycznych i romantycznych", Dziennik Wileński (1819)
• "Filozofia umysłu ludzkiego" (1821)

See also

• History of philosophy in Poland
• List of Poles

References

• Władysław Tatarkiewicz, Historia filozofii (History of Philosophy), 3 vols., Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1978.

External links

• Works by Jan Śniadecki in digital library Polona

На других языках

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[de] Jan Śniadecki

Jan Śniadecki (* 29. August 1756 in Żnin, Polen; † 9. November 1830 in Jašiūnai bei Vilnius), Bruder des Chemikers Jędrzej Śniadecki, war ein polnischer Mathematiker und Astronom.

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- [en] Jan Śniadecki

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[es] Jan Śniadecki

Jan Śniadecki (Żnin, 29 de agosto de 1756 - Jašiūnai Manor, cerca de Vilna, 9 de noviembre de 1830) fue un matemático, filósofo y astrónomo polaco, hermano de Jędrzej Śniadecki.

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[fr] Jan Śniadecki

Jan Śniadecki, né le 19 août 1756 à Żnin et mort le 9 novembre 1830 à Jašiūnai, près de Vilnius, est un mathématicien, philosophe et astronome polonais, encyclopédiste et représentant des Lumières polonaises.

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[it] Jan Śniadecki

Jan Śniadecki (Żnin, 29 agosto 1756 – Vilnius, 9 novembre 1830) è stato un matematico e astronomo polacco.

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[ru] Снядецкий, Ян

Ян Сняде́цкий (Иван Андреевич Снядецкий; польск. Jan Śniadecki, лит. Jonas Sniadeckis; 29 августа 1756, Жнин, Быдгощское воеводство, ныне Куявско-Поморское воеводство, Польша — 9 ноября, по другим сведениям 21 января 1830, Яшюнай под Вильной, Виленская губерния, Российская империя) — астроном, математик, философ, педагог; профессор и ректор Императорского Виленского университета, брат Анджея Снядецкого.

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