Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki
Polish noble and missionary to China
About Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki
Lived 1610 – 1656 (aged 45–46). Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki was a Polish mathematician, astronomer, explorer, politician, philosopher and sinologist.
Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki (1610–1656), of the Grzymała coat of arms, was a Polish nobleman, politician, missionary, scholar and Jesuit credited with introducing logarithms to China.
Life Smogulecki was born in 1610 in Kraków
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Who was Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki?
Polish noble and missionary to China
When was Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki born?
Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki was born in 1610 in Kraków.
When did Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki die?
Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki died in 1656 in Zhaoqing.
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Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki was a mathematician, astronomer, explorer, politician, philosopher and sinologist.
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Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki was Polish.
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