Georg Joachim Rheticus

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Georg Joachim Rheticus was a 16th-century mathematician and astronomer best known for being a key disciple of Nicolaus Copernicus and for helping to introduce and defend the heliocentric model of the cosmos.

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Georg Joachim Rheticus canonical 4
Rheticus 2
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instanceOf Renaissance scientist ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
trigonometrist ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
academicDegree Master of Arts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Georg Joachim von Lauchen ⓘ
George Joachim Rheticus ⓘ
associatedWith De revolutionibus orbium coelestium ⓘ
birthDate 1514-02-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Archduchy of Austria ⓘ
County of Feldkirch ⓘ
linked to: Bregenz District

Feldkirch ⓘ
citizenship Archduchy of Austria ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
deathDate 1574-12-04 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ
Košice ⓘ
educatedAt University of Wittenberg ⓘ
University of Zurich ⓘ
employer University of Leipzig ⓘ
University of Wittenberg ⓘ
era Renaissance ⓘ
Scientific Revolution ⓘ
familyName Rheticus ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
cartography ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
givenName Georg ⓘ
Joachim ⓘ
hasOccupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
influenced heliocentric theory reception ⓘ
influencedBy Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
knownFor being the only recorded pupil of Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
early defense of the heliocentric model ⓘ
promoting Copernican heliocentrism ⓘ
work on trigonometric tables ⓘ
languageUsed German ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
notableWork Canon doctrinae triangulorum ⓘ
Narratio Prima ⓘ
Opus Palatinum de Triangulis ⓘ
positionHeld professor of mathematics at University of Leipzig ⓘ
professor of mathematics at University of Wittenberg ⓘ
religion Lutheranism ⓘ
roleInWork promoter and facilitator of the publication of Copernicus’s De revolutionibus ⓘ
studentOf Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
travelDestination Frombork ⓘ
travelPurpose to study with Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ

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Imperial Mathematician → notableOfficeHolder → Georg Joachim Rheticus ⓘ
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Georg Joachim Rheticus → familyName → Rheticus ⓘ
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Georg Joachim Rheticus → alsoKnownAs → George Joachim Rheticus ⓘ
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A More Perfect Heaven → depicts → Georg Joachim Rheticus ⓘ
A More Perfect Heaven → notableCharacter → Georg Joachim Rheticus ⓘ