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German mathematicians

29 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Athanasius KircherPerson · Music memorabiliaAthanasius Kircher (2 May 1601/1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.
Christian MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesChristian Mayer (20 August 1719 Mederitz – 16 April 1783 in Mannheim) was a Moravian-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher.
Conrad CeltesAuthor · BooksConrad Celtes (Konrad Celtes; Conradus Celtis (Protucius); 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508) was a German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet of the German Renaissance born in Franconia…
Erhard EtzlaubAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — "Romweg" map, 1500. "South-up" display, as in all of Etzlaub's maps.
Hans FreudenthalAuthor · BooksHans Freudenthal (17 September 1905 – 13 October 1990) was a Jewish German-born Dutch mathematician.
Helga KönigsdorfAuthor · BooksHelga Königsdorf (13 July 1938 – 4 May 2014) was an East German statistician and novelist. She is notable for becoming distinguished in two distinct careers - science and literature.
Hermann of ReichenauAuthor · BooksBlessed Hermann of Reichenau or Herman the Cripple (18 July 1013– 24 September 1054), also known by other names, was an 11th-century Benedictine monk and scholar.
Johan Gabriel DoppelmayrAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Gabriel Doppelmayr (27 September 1677 – 1 December 1750) was a German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer. (His surname is also spelled Doppelmayer and Doppelmair.)
Johan GaltungAuthor · BooksIllustration — Galtung in discussion with Amy Goodman, 2012
Johann Tobias MayerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Tobias Mayer (5 May 1752 – 30 November 1830) was a German physicist.
Johann ZahnAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohann Zahn (29 March 1641, Karlstadt am Main – 27 June 1707) was the seventeenth-century German author of Oculus Artificialis Teledioptricus Sive Telescopium (Würzburg, 1685).
Johannes StöfflerAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes Stöffler (also Stöfler, Stoffler, Stoeffler; 10 December 1452 – 16 February 1531) was a German mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, priest, maker of astronomical instruments and…
Johannes von GmundenAuthor · Maps and atlasesJohannes von Gmünd is also the name of a 14th-century architect, see Basel Münster.
Joseph FurttenbachDesigner · DesignJoseph Furttenbach the Elder (30 December 1591 – 17 January 1667) was a German architect, mathematician, engineer and diarist.
Julius ReicheltAuthor · Maps and atlasesJulius Reichelt (5 January 1637 – 19 February 1717) was a German mathematician and astronomer who may have set up the first observatory in the city of Strasbourg.
Karl MollweideAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Brandan Mollweide (3 February 1774 – 10 March 1825) was a German mathematician and astronomer who taught in Halle and Leipzig.
Kurt ReidemeisterAuthor · BooksKurt Werner Friedrich Reidemeister (13 October 1893 – 8 July 1971) was a mathematician born in Braunschweig (Brunswick), Germany.
Lorenz Christoph MizlerPerson · Music memorabiliaLorenz Christoph Mizler von Kolof (also known as Wawrzyniec Mitzler de Kolof and Mitzler de Koloff;
Nicolaus ReimersAuthor · BooksNicolaus Reimers Baer (2 February 1551 – 16 October 1600), also Reimarus Ursus, Nicolaus Reimers Bär or Nicolaus Reymers Baer, was a German astronomer and imperial mathematician to Emperor…
Paul Gustav Heinrich BachmannPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann (22 June 1837 – 31 March 1920) was a German mathematician.
Sebastian FinsterwalderPhotographer · PhotographySebastian Finsterwalder (4 October 1862 – 4 December 1951) was a German mathematician and glaciologist. Acknowledged as the "father of glacier photogrammetry";
Sebastian MünsterAuthor · Maps and atlasesSebastian Münster (20 January 1488 – 26 May 1552) was a German cartographer and cosmographer. He also was a Christian Hebraist scholar who taught as a professor at the University of Basel.
Sethus CalvisiusPerson · Music memorabiliaSethus Calvisius or Setho Calvisio, originally Seth Kalwitz (21 February 1556 – 24 November 1615), was a German music theorist, composer, chronologer, astronomer, and teacher of the late…
Wilhelm SchickardAuthor · Maps and atlasesWilhelm Schickard is holding a hand planetarium (or orrery) of his own invention. It was painted in 1632, 8 years after his last calculating clock drawing.
Willi ApelAuthor · BooksWilli Apel (10 October 1893 – 14 March 1988) was a German-American musicologist and noted author of a number of books devoted to music.

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