Regiomontanus

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Regiomontanus was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose advanced astronomical tables and theoretical work significantly shaped the development of Renaissance astronomy and influenced later figures like Copernicus.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Renaissance scientist ⓘ
astrologer ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
academicAdvisor Georg von Peuerbach ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Johann Müller von Königsberg ⓘ
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Johannes Regiomontanus ⓘ
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Johannes de Monteregio ⓘ
birthName Johannes Müller ⓘ
causeOfDeath plague ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1436-06-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1476-07-06 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Vienna ⓘ
employer Matthias Corvinus ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
Renaissance ⓘ
ethnicGroup German ⓘ
fieldOfWork astrology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
founded first scientific printing press in Nuremberg ⓘ
influenced Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
Renaissance astronomy ⓘ
influencedBy Georg von Peuerbach ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor advancing trigonometry as an independent discipline ⓘ
critical study of Ptolemy's Almagest ⓘ
early use of printing for scientific works ⓘ
highly accurate astronomical tables ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Franconia ⓘ
notableAchievement helped prepare and extend Peuerbach’s Epitome of the Almagest ⓘ
produced ephemerides used by navigators such as Christopher Columbus ⓘ
systematized plane and spherical trigonometry in De triangulis omnimodis ⓘ
notableWork Calendarium ⓘ
De triangulis omnimodis ⓘ
Ephemerides ⓘ
Epitome of the Almagest ⓘ
Tabulae directionum ⓘ
placeOfBirth Königsberg in Franken ⓘ
Königsberg, Bishopric of Würzburg ⓘ
placeOfDeath Rome ⓘ
positionHeld court astronomer to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
workLocation Nuremberg ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ

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Nicolaus Copernicus → influencedBy → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Regiomontanus → alsoKnownAs → Johann Müller von Königsberg ⓘ
linked to: Regiomontanus
Regiomontanus → alsoKnownAs → Johannes Regiomontanus ⓘ
linked to: Regiomontanus
Johannes Müller von Königsberg → alsoKnownAs → Johannes Regiomontanus ⓘ
linked to: Regiomontanus
Johannes de Monteregio → alsoKnownAs → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Königsberg in Franken → birthplaceOf → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Königsberg in Franken → notablePerson → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Ephemerides → compiler → Regiomontanus ⓘ
De triangulis omnimodis → author → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Tabulae directionum → author → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Tabulae directionum → authorName → Johannes Regiomontanus ⓘ
linked to: Regiomontanus
Epitome of the Almagest → hasAuthor → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Calendarium → author → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Georg von Peuerbach → student → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Georg von Peuerbach → influenced → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Toledan Tables → influenced → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Alfonsine Tables → influenced → Regiomontanus ⓘ
Albatenius → influenced → Regiomontanus ⓘ