Antoine Thomas

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Why Is Antoine Thomas Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Antoine Thomas was a Jesuit priest from the Spanish Netherlands, and missionary and astronomer in Qing China. His Chinese name was 安多. Early life Born in Namur, Belgium in 1644, Thomas joined the Society of Jesus in 1660 and first taught in the schools of Armentières, Huy and Tournai. Equipped with a thorough training in Mathematics and Astronomy he was sent, at his own request, as a missionary to China . After a long and difficult sea journey - passing through Goa, Siam , and Malacca - he reached Macau in 1682 just in time to observe an eclipse of the Sun .

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