Christopher Clavius
1538
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1612
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: German Renaissance
country of citizenship: Germany
languages spoken, written or signed: Latin
educated at: University of Coimbra, Roman College
occupation: mathematician, astronomer
influenced by: Euclid
Christopher Clavius, (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian calendar. Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work. In his last years he was probably the most respected astronomer in Europe and his textbooks were used for astronomical education for over fifty years in and even out of Europe. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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