Regiomontanus

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Catholic priest Renaissance scientist astrologer astronomer human mathematician

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Johannes Regiomontanus	2
Regiomontanus canonical	2
Johann Müller von Königsberg	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic priest ⓘ Renaissance scientist ⓘ astrologer ⓘ astronomer ⓘ human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ
academicAdvisor	Georg von Peuerbach ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Regiomontanus ⓘ surface form: Johann Müller von Königsberg Regiomontanus ⓘ surface form: Johannes Regiomontanus Johannes de Monteregio ⓘ
birthName	Johannes Müller von Königsberg ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ surface form: Ptolemy
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 in Franken ⓘ surface form: Königsberg, Bishopric of Würzburg
placeOfDeath	Rome ⓘ
positionHeld	court astronomer to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
workLocation	Nuremberg ⓘ Rome ⓘ Vienna ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicolaus Copernicus → influencedBy → Regiomontanus ⓘ

Regiomontanus → alsoKnownAs → Regiomontanus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johann Müller von Königsberg

Regiomontanus → alsoKnownAs → Regiomontanus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannes Regiomontanus

Johannes Müller von Königsberg → alsoKnownAs → Regiomontanus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Johannes Regiomontanus