Rasmus Bartholin
Physician, Academic
1625 – 1698
Who was Rasmus Bartholin?
Rasmus Bartholin was a Danish scientist and physician. As part of his studies, he travelled in Europe for ten years. Professor at the University of Copenhagen, first in Geometry, later in Medicine. He was a younger brother of Thomas Bartholin.
Rasmus Bartholin is remembered especially for his discovery of the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar. He published an accurate description of the phenomenon, but since the physical nature of light was poorly understood at the time, he was unable to explain it. It was only after Thomas Young proposed the wave theory of light, c. 1801 that an explanation became possible.
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- Born
- Aug 13, 1625
Roskilde - Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Profession
- Education
- Leiden University
- Died
- Nov 4, 1698
Copenhagen
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on July 23, 2013
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