  baron jurij bartolomej vega (also correct veha; official ; ) (born vehovec, march 23, 1754 &ndash; september 26, 1802) was a slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer. ==early life==  born to a farmer's familyÅ uman, josef; simoniÄ, franz. die vÃ¶lker oesterreich-ungarns. ethnographische und culturhistorische schilderungen, vol. 10., k. prochaska press, 1881., p. 182.   in the small village of zagorica east of ljubljana in slovenia, vega was 6&nbsp;years old when his father jernej veha died. vega was educated first in moravÄe and later attended high school for six years (1767â1773) in ljubljana, studying latin, greek, religion, german, history, geography, science, and mathematics. at that time there were about 500 students there. he was a schoolfellow of anton tomaÅ¾ linhart, a slovenian writer and historian. vega completed high school when he was 19, in 1773. after completing lyceum in ljubljana he became a navigational engineer. tentamen philosophicum, a list of questions for his comprehensive examination, was preserved and is available in the mathematical library in ljubljana. the problems cover logic, algebra, metaphysics, geometry, trigonometry, geodesy, stereometry, geometry of curves, ballistics, and general and special physics. ==military service== vega left ljubljana five years after graduation and entered military service in 1780 as a professor of mathematics at the artillery school in vienna. at that time he started to sign his last name as vega and no longer veha. when vega was 33 he married josefa svoboda (joÅ¾efa swoboda) (1771&ndash;1800), a czech noble from ÄeskÃ© budÄjovice who was 16 at that time. vega participated in several wars. in 1788 he served under austrian imperial field
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