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Erasmus Reinhold (22 October 1511 – 19 February 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony. He was educated, under Jacob Milich, at the University of Wittenberg, where he was first elected dean and later became rector.
- 19 February 1553 (aged 41), Saalfeld, Electorate of Saxony
Quick Info. Born. 22 October 1511. Saalfeld, Thuringia (now Germany) Died. 19 February 1553. Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany. Summary. Erasmus Reinhold was a German astronomer and mathematician who catalogued a large number of stars and published important astronomical tables. View one larger picture. Biography.
Erasmus Reinhold (22 October 1511 – 19 February 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony.
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Oct 22, 2021 · October 22, 2021. Erasmus Reinhold, a German astronomer, was born Oct. 22, 1511. He was 6 years old when Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral, a year older when Philip Melanchthon became professor at Wittenberg and the university transformed itself into a bastion of Lutheranism, and probably about 15 when he ...
REINHOLD, ERASMUS (b. Saalfeld, Germany, 22 October 1511; d. Saalfeld, 19 February 1553) astronomy. Reinhold was, after Copernicus, the leading mathematical astronomer of the sixteenth century; and in computational ability he surpassed Copernicus himself.
Erasmus Reinhold. 1511-1553. German astronomer and mathematician who calculated the Tabulae Prutenicae (1551)—the first practical set of planetary tables based on Nicolaus Copernicus's theory. More accurate than the Alfonsine Tables, Reinhold's tables were widely adopted and provided a strong argument in favor of Copernicanism.
Reinhold, Erasmus. Born Saalfeld, (Thuringia, Germany), 22 October 1511. Died Saalfeld, (Thuringia, Germany), 19 February 1553. Erasmus Reinhold is best known for his preparation of the Prutenic Tables, calculated from Nicolaus Copernicus 's heliocentric theory.
