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He was a personality of reference in his time frames because of a recognized reputation of his works that still today are considered of fundamental importance in theoretical mechanics. <br />Mechanics of machinery, machine design, theoretical mechanics </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan ="3"> variant spelling:<br/> Stevin, Simon </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" title="personal data sheet"> <b>Curriculum vitae</b> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <table class="smallcolored" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="99%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="information about birth"> <b>* 1548</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> Br眉gge </td> <td title="what"> born </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="further information"> <b>1581</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> </td> <td title="what"> he moved to Leiden to attend Latin School </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="further information"> <b>1586</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> </td> <td title="what"> publication of the work Statics and Hydrostatics </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="further information"> <b>1593</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> </td> <td title="what"> appointed as quartermaster-general of Duch Army </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="further information"> <b>1600</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> </td> <td title="what"> start teaching mathematics at the School of engineering at Leiden University </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" width="18%" title="information about death"> <b>† 1620</b> </td> <td width="20%" title="where"> Leiden </td> <td title="what"> died </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr>  <tr> <td colspan="2"><strong><span title="List of collections which contain this item.">Collections</span></strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="99%"> <table class="list"> <tbody>   <tr title=""> <td valign="top"><strong></strong></td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td><a href="https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?dmgset=39046">Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr>  <tr> <td colspan="2"><strong>Images</strong></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td width="99%"> <div style="float: left; 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