page_title: Johann Heinrich Lambert
hierarchical_section_title: Johann Heinrich Lambert
context_page_description: Johann Heinrich Lambert was a Swiss polymath who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics, philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
  Edward Tufte calls him and William Playfair "The two great inventors of modern graphical designs".
context_section_description: Johann Heinrich Lambert (German: [ˈlambɛʁt], Jean-Henri Lambert in French; 26 or 28 August 1728 – 25 September 1777) was a Swiss polymath who made important contributions to the subjects of mathematics, physics (particularly optics), philosophy, astronomy and map projections.
  Edward Tufte calls him and William Playfair "The two great inventors of modern graphical designs" (Visual Display of Quantitative Information, p. 32).
caption: Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)
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