Jurij Vega
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| Born |
March 23, 1754 Zagorica pri Dolskem, Habsburg Monarchy (now Slovenia) |
| Died | September 26, 1802 (aged 48) Nußdorf near Vienna, Archduchy of Austria |
| Institutions | Academy of Practical Sciences in Mainz |
| Education |
Jesuit College of Ljubljana (Jezuitski kolegij v Ljubljani) (1767–1773) |
| Alma mater |
Lyceum of Ljubljana (Liceju v Ljubljani) (1773–1775; diploma, 1775) |
| Academic advisors |
Gabriel Gruber Joseph Giuseppe Jakob von Maffei |
| Notable students | Ignaz Lindner |
Baron Jurij Bartolomej Vega (also Veha; official 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.
Born to a farmer's family in the small village of Zagorica east of Ljubljana in Slovenia, Vega was 6 years old when his father Jernej Veha died. Vega was educated first in Moravče and later attended high school for six years (1767–1773) in Ljubljana (the Jesuit College of Ljubljana, Jezuitski kolegij v Ljubljani), studying Latin, Greek, religion, German, history, geography, science, and mathematics. At that time there were about 500 students there. He was a schoolfellow of Anton Tomaž Linhart, a Slovenian writer and historian. Vega finished high school when he was 19, in 1773. After completing his studies at the Lyceum of Ljubljana (Liceju v Ljubljani) he became a navigational engineer in 1775. Tentamen philosophicum, a list of questions for his comprehensive examination, was preserved and is available in the Mathematical Library in Ljubljana. The problems cover logic, algebra, metaphysics, geometry, trigonometry, geodesy, stereometry, geometry of curves, ballistics, and general and special physics.
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