What is Simon Stevin?
[[File:Simon-stevin.jpeg|thumb|Simon Stevin]] '''Simon Stevin''' (1548/49 – 1620) was a [[Flanders|Flemish]] [[mathematician]] and military [[engineer]]. He translated many mathematical terms into [[Dutch language|Dutch]]. Stevin was born in [[Bruges]], Flanders (now [[Belgium]]) around the year 1548. It is thought that Simon was a [[Calvinist]]. Very little has been recorded about his life. It is known that he left a widow with two children. [[In Bruges]] there is a Simon Stevin Square which has his statue by [[Eugène Simonis]]. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stevin, Simon}} [[Category:1540s births]] [[Category:1620 deaths]] [[Category:Belgian mathematicians]] [[Category:Belgian engineers]] [[Category:People from Bruges]]