Johannes Müller von Königsberg

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Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a 15th-century German mathematician and astronomer whose work on trigonometry and astronomical tables significantly advanced Renaissance science.

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instanceOf Renaissance scientist
astrologer
astronomer
author
human
mathematician
university teacher
alsoKnownAs Regiomontanus
surface form: Johannes Regiomontanus

Regiomontanus
birthDate 1436-06-06
birthName Johannes Müller
birthPlace Königsberg in Franken
surface form: Königsberg, Franconia

Margraviate of Brandenburg
citizenship Holy Roman Empire
deathDate 1476-07-06
deathPlace Rome
educatedAt University of Leipzig
University of Vienna
employer University of Vienna
era Renaissance
ethnicGroup German
fieldOfWork astrology
astronomy
calendar reform
mathematics
trigonometry
gender male
knownFor advancing trigonometry as an independent branch of mathematics
computing accurate astronomical tables
early use of decimal fractions in trigonometric tables
improving Ptolemaic astronomy
influencing later astronomers including Nicolaus Copernicus
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
namedAfter Königsberg in Franken
surface form: Königsberg in Franconia
notableAchievement constructed precise ephemerides used by navigators and astrologers
contributed to proposals for calendar reform in the 15th century
helped prepare a critical edition of Ptolemy’s Almagest
notableWork De triangulis omnimodis
Ephemerides
Tabulae directionum
Tabulae directionum
surface form: Tabulae primi mobilis
residence Nuremberg
Rome
Vienna
studiedUnder Georg von Peuerbach
workLocation Nuremberg
Rome
Vienna

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Imperial Mathematician notableOfficeHolder Johannes Müller von Königsberg
Regiomontanus birthName Johannes Müller von Königsberg
this entity surface form: Johannes Müller