Vicente Mut Armengol
Spanish astronomer
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| Intro | Spanish astronomer | |
| Places | Spain | |
| was | Astronomer Military personnel Historian Engineer | |
| Work field | Engineering Military Science Social science | |
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| Birth | 25 October 1614, Palma, Balearic Islands, Spain | |
| Death | 27 April 1687 (aged 72 years) |
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Vicente Mut i Armengol (1614–1687) was a Mallorcan astronomer, engineer, historian, mathematician and soldier.
He was born at Palma in 1614, and became a major of his island militia, a mathematician and historian. He wrote several publications on artillery, astronomy and history, and worked on the fortification of Mallorca.
Mutus crater on the Moon is named in his honor.