Boonrucksar Soonthornthum
Biographic Data
| ID | 9709157 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Boonrucksar Soonthornthum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Boonrucksar |
| FAMILY NAME | Soonthornthum |
| SIGNATURE | SOONTHORNTHUM B |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5511-7183 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Showcasing Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Astronomy in Asia
The first great ruler to encourage the adoption of Western culture and technology throughout Siam was King Narai, who also had a passion for astronomy. He showed this by encouraging French and other Jesuit missionaries, some with astronomical interests and training, to settle in Siam from the early 1660s. One of these was Father Antoine Thomas, and he was the first European known to have carried out scientific astronomical observations from Siam,…
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Showcasing Seventeenth-Century Jesuit Astronomy in Asia
The first great ruler to encourage the adoption of Western culture and technology throughout Siam was King Narai, who also had a passion for astronomy. He showed this by encouraging French and other Jesuit missionaries, some with astronomical interests and training, to settle in Siam from the early 1660s. One of these was Father Antoine Thomas, and he was the first European known to have carried out scientific astronomical observations from Siam,…
Astrobiology (1 work) · Astronomy (1 work) · Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies (1 work) · Eclipse (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies (1 work) · History (1 work) · History of astronomy (1 work) · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology (1 work) · Physics (1 work)