Answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on willebrord snellius 's: - death place - known for - caption - death date - field - academic advisors - notable students - work institution - birth date - name - nationality - image - birth place - alma mater Bio: willebrord snellius -lrb- born willebrord snel van royen -rrb- -lrb- 1580 -- 30 october 1626 , leiden -rrb- was a dutch astronomer and mathematician , known in the english-speaking world as snell . in the west , especially the english speaking countries , his name has been attached to the law of refraction of light for several centuries , but it is now known that this law was first discovered by ibn sahl in 984 . the same law was also investigated by ptolemy and in the middle ages by witelo , but due to lack of adequate mathematical instruments -lrb- trigonometric functions -rrb- their results were saved as tables , not functions . the lunar crater snellius is named after willebrord snellius .
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- death place is leiden , dutch republic- known for is snell 's law- caption is willebrord snel van royen -lrb- 1580 -- 1626 -rrb-- death date is 30 october 1626- field is astronomer and mathematician- academic advisors is ludolph van ceulen rudolph snellius- notable students is jacobus golius- work institution is university of leiden- birth date is 13 june 1580- name is willebrord snellius- nationality is dutch- image is willebrord snellius.jpg- birth place is leiden , dutch republic- alma mater is university of leiden