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Jurij Vega
1802Sep, 26

Jurij Vega

Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (also Veha; Latin: Georgius Bartholomaei Vecha; German: Georg Freiherr von Vega; born Vehovec, March 23, 1754 – September 26, 1802) was a Slovene mathematician, physicist and artillery officer.

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