Eise Eisinga

Eise Jeltes Eisinga was born on 21 February 1744 in Dronryp in the Dutch Republic. He was the son of Jelte Eises from Easterlittens, a wool carder, and Hitje Steffens from Winsum. Portrait by Willem Bartel van der Kooi Mathematics and Astronomy Although Eisinga was intellectually gifted, he was not allowed to go to school. […]