... My first attempt (which does not scan properly):
A Dutch mathematician most prophetic, Did invent a language, name herpetic. With design quite intelligent, And syntax mostly elegant, Big ideas could be made non-hypothetic.
To improve the scan:
A mathematician, prophetic, invented a language, herpetic. decidedly brilliant, syntacticly elegant, Made ideas far less hypothetic.
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