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Zamojski, Jan

(Encyclopedia) Zamojski or Zamoyski, JanZamojski or Zamoyski, Janboth: yän zämoiˈskē [key], 1542–1605, Polish statesman, general, and author. He championed the rights of the lesser nobility; after…

Beuckelszoon, Jan

(Encyclopedia) Beuckelszoon, Beuckelzoon, or Beukels, Jan: see John of Leiden.

Tinbergen, Jan

(Encyclopedia) Tinbergen, JanTinbergen, Janyän tĭnˈbĕrˌgən [key], 1903–94, Dutch economist, co-winner with Ragnar Frisch of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1969). A graduate of…

Wynants, Jan

(Encyclopedia) Wynants or Wijnants, JanWynants or Wijnants, Janboth: yän vīˈnänts [key], c.1625–84, Dutch landscape painter. A follower of Ruisdael, he worked chiefly in Haarlem. The little figures…

Swammerdam, Jan

(Encyclopedia) Swammerdam, JanSwammerdam, Janyän väˈmərdäm [key], 1637–80, Dutch naturalist. He was a pioneer in the use of the microscope. Before he turned to religious contemplation his chief…