mainland. On 17 September 1656 he died in Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province. (The city name is variously transcribed as Tszan-King, Zhaojing, Zhaoging Fou; sources vary). Works He wrote works about sun spots and eclipses. He was a teacher of the Chinese scholar and astronomer Xue Fengzuo, who would be the first Chinese to publish work using logarithms. See also Michał Piotr Boym History of science and technology in China Jesuit China missions List of Poles Notes Further reading Leszek Gesiak (University School of Philosophy and Education "Ignatianum", Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Culture Studies, Department of Ethnic Minorities, Kraków, Poland), "Jan Mikołaj Smogulecki (1610–1656): Pioneer of Intercultural Dialog". 1610 births 1656 deaths 17th-century Polish astronomers Polish explorers 17th-century Polish Jesuits 17th-century Polish mathematicians 17th-century Polish nobility Polish sinologists Jesuit missionaries in China 17th century in China Polish Roman Catholic missionaries Polish expatriates in China