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Categories: Gregorian calendar, German scientific instrument makers, 17th-century German mathematicians, 16th-century German mathematicians, 16th-century German astronomers
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Christopher Clavius  Christoph Clavius  Christopher Klau/Clavius  Christopher Schluessel  Christopher Schlussel
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Christopher Clavius, SJ 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. Wikipedia
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Christopher Clavius, SJ 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. Wikipedia
German astronomer and mathematician (1538–1612) Wikidata
IS A
homo
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Germany
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Svensk uppslagsbok
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Obalky knih.cz
DOCTORAL STUDENT
Giuseppe Biancani
EDUCATED AT
University of Coimbra
Roman College
FIELD OF WORK
mathematics
GIVEN NAME
Cristóbal
INFLUENCED BY
Euclid
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Latin
MOVEMENT
German Renaissance
OCCUPATION
astronomer
mathematician
PLACE OF BIRTH
Bamberg
PLACE OF DEATH
Rome
RELIGION
Catholicism
RELIGIOUS ORDER
Society of Jesus
SEX OR GENDER
male
STUDENT
Paul Guldin
Grégoire de Saint-Vincent
Giuseppe Biancani
Marino Ghetaldi
WORK LOCATION
Prague
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Christopher Clavius
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Christopher Clavius
Wikipedia Redirections
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Christoph Clavius, Christopher clavius, Christopher Schluessel, Christopher Schlussel, Christopher Schlüssel, Clavius, Clavius, Christopher, Cristoph Clavius
Wikidata Alias
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Christoph Clavius, Christopher Klau/Clavius

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