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

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 NERFINISHED
University of Wittenberg
era Renaissance
Scientific Revolution
familyName Georg Joachim Rheticus self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Andreas Osiander collaboratedWith Georg Joachim Rheticus
this entity surface form: Rheticus
Georg Joachim Rheticus familyName Georg Joachim Rheticus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rheticus
Georg Joachim Rheticus alsoKnownAs Georg Joachim Rheticus
this entity surface form: George Joachim Rheticus