Rasmus Bartholin (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus;* 13 August 1625, Roskilde - † 4 November 1698, Kopenhagen) was a Danish scientist and physician. As part of his studies, he travelled in Europe for ten years. Professor at Copenhagen University, first in Geometry, later in Medicine. He was a younger brother of Thomas Bartholin.
Rasmus Bartholin is remembered especially for his discovery (1669) of the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar...
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Rasmus Bartholin (Latinized Erasmus Bartholinus;* 13 August 1625, Roskilde - † 4 November 1698, Kopenhagen) was a Danish scientist and physician. As part of his studies, he travelled in Europe for ten years. Professor at Copenhagen University, first in Geometry, later in Medicine. He was a younger brother of Thomas Bartholin.
Rasmus Bartholin is remembered especially for his discovery (1669) of the double refraction of a light ray by Iceland spar (calcite). 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.
Bartholin was also the first to document the physical characteristics of trisomy 13, Patau Syndrome, in medical literature.
1. Dates Born: Roskide, Denmark, 13 Aug. 1625 Died: Copenhagen, 4 Nov. 1698 Dateinfo: Dates Certain Lifespan: 73
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