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Johan van Oldenbarnevelt (14 September 1547 –
13 May 1619) was a Dutch statesman
who played an important role in the Dutch struggle for independence from
Spain.
Van
Oldenbarnevelt was born in Amersfoort. He studied law at Leuven, Bourges, Heidelberg and Padua,
and traveled in France and Italy before settling in The
Hague. He was a supporter of the Arminians,
and also supported William
the Silent in
his revolt against Spain,
and fought in William's army.
(60) Willem Janszoon Blaeu (1571 – 21 October
1638), also abbreviated to Willem Jansz. Blaeu, was a Dutch cartographer, atlas maker
and publisher.
Blaeu was born at Uitgeest or Alkmaar. As the son of a well-to-do herring salesman, he was destined to succeed his father in the
trade, but his interests lay more in mathematics and astronomy. Between 1594 and 1596, as a student of the Danish astronomer Tycho
Brahe, he qualified as an instrument and globe maker. In
1600 he discovered the second ever variable star,
now known as P Cygni.
(65) Hugo
Grotius (10 April 1583 – 28 August 1645), also known as Huig de Groot, Hugo
Grocio or Hugo de Groot, was a jurist in the Dutch Republic. With Francisco de
Vitoria and Alberico Gentili he laid the foundations for international law,
based on natural law. He was also a philosopher, theologian, Christian
apologist, playwright, and poet.
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