Editing Simon Stevin (section)

=== Simon Stevin in the Netherlands ===
In 1581 Stevin again left his native Bruges and moved to [[Leiden]] where he attended the Latin school.<ref name=mag/> On 16 February 1583 he enrolled, under the name ''Simon Stevinus Brugensis'' (meaning "Simon Stevin from Bruges"), at [[Leiden University]], which had been founded by [[William the Silent]] in 1575.  Here he befriended William the Silent's second son and heir Prince [[Maurice of Nassau|Maurice]], the Count of Nassau.<ref name=Stevin_MacTutor>{{MacTutor|id=Stevin|date=January 2004}}</ref> Stevin is listed in the university's registers until 1590 and apparently never graduated.

Following William the Silent's assassination and Prince Maurice's assumption of his father's office, Stevin became the principal advisor and tutor of Prince Maurice.  Prince Maurice asked his advice on many occasions, and made him a [[public office]]r – at first director of the so-called "waterstaet"<ref name=EB1911/> (the government authority for [[public works]], especially water management) from 1592, and later [[quartermaster-general]] of the army of the States-General.<ref name=isis>{{cite journal|title= Simon Stevin of Bruges (1548–1620)|author=Sarton, George|author-link=George Sarton| journal=[[Isis (journal)|Isis]]| volume=21| issue=2| pages=241–303 | year=1934|doi= 10.1086/346851|s2cid=144054163}}</ref> Prince Maurice also asked Stevin to found an engineering school within the University of Leiden.

Stevin moved to [[The Hague]] where he bought a house in 1612.  He married in 1610 or 1614 and had four children.  It is known that he left a [[widow]] with two children at his death in Leiden or The Hague in 1620.<ref name=Stevin_MacTutor/>