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{{Short description|German astronomer and mathematician}}
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'''Johann Richter''' or ''Johannes [[Praetorius]]''([[1537]] in [[Jáchymov|Sankt Joachimsthal]] - [[27 October]] [[1616]] in [[Altdorf bei Nürnberg]]) was a [[Germany|German]] [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]].
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{{for|the folk tale compiler|Johannes Praetorius (writer)}}
[[File:JohannesPraetorius.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Johannes Praetorius.]]


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'''Johannes Praetorius''' or '''Johann Richter''' (1537 – 27 October 1616) was a [[Bohemian German]] [[mathematician]] and [[astronomer]].
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== Leben ==
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[[Image:Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica, Astronomia.jpg|thumb|Astronomia, ars liberalis]]
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From [[1557]] he studied in [[Lutherstadt Wittenberg|Wittenberg]] and from [[1562]] to [[1569]] he lived in [[Nürnberg]]. His astronomical and mathematical instruments are kept at [[Germanisches Nationalmuseum]] in Nürnberg.


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== Life ==
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In [[1571]] be became Professor of Mathematik (Astronomie) at [[University of Wittenberg]] where he met [[Valentinus Otho]] and [[Georg Joachim Rheticus|Joachim Rheticus]].
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[[File:Gregor Reisch, Margarita Philosophica, Astronomia.jpg|thumb|''Astronomia, ars liberalis'']]
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Praetorius was born in [[Jáchymov]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. From 1557 he studied at the [[University of Wittenberg]], and from 1562 to 1569 he lived in [[Nuremberg]]. His astronomical and mathematical instruments are kept at [[Germanisches Nationalmuseum]] in Nuremberg.


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In 1571 he became Professor of mathematics (astronomy) at [[Wittenberg]] where he met [[Valentinus Otho]] and [[Georg Joachim Rheticus|Joachim Rheticus]]. He died in [[Altdorf bei Nürnberg]], aged about 79.
== Work ==
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* De cometis, qui antea visi sunt, et de eo qui novissime mense Novembri apparuit, narratio [[1578]]
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* Problema, quod iubet ex quatuor rectis lineis datis quadrilaterum fieri, quod sit in circulo [[1598]]


He taught [[Copernicus]]' theory of astronomy initially as a means of eliminating the [[equant]] from [[Ptolemy]]'s account, and later moving to a proto-[[Tychonic system]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Westman |first=Robert S. |chapter=Three Responses to the Copernican Theory |title=The Copernican Achievement |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLb6k-62vbQC&pg=PA290 |date=1975 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |isbn=978-0-520-02877-7 |pages=290–305 }}</ref>
==Literature==
* <nowiki>{{ADB|26|519||Johannes Praetorius|Günther}}</nowiki>
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* {{NDB|Felix Schmeidler|Johannes Praetorius|20|667}}


== External links ==
== Works ==
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* De cometis, qui antea visi sunt, et de eo qui novissime mense Novembri apparuit, narratio 1578
* [http://www.naa.net/ain/personen/jpraetorius.asp Astronomie in Nürnberg]
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* Problema, quod iubet ex quatuor rectis lineis datis quadrilaterum fieri, quod sit in circulo 1598
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* [http://www.didaktik.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/history/pantometrum/vorfahren.html Vorfahren des Pantometrums]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{Zedler Online|29|86|ze290086}}
* {{Zedler Online|29|86|ze290086}}
* Gerhard Bott (Hrsg.): ''Focus Behaim Globus.'' 2 Bde. Nürnberg: Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums 1992
* Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: ''Historische Nachricht von den Nürnbergischen Mathematicis und Künstlern.'' Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath 1730, S. 83-92
* {{de-ADB|26|519|520|Praetorius, Johannes|Siegmund Günther|ADB:Praetorius, Johannes (Mathematiker)}}
* {{NDB|20|667||Praetorius, Johannes|Felix Schmeidler}}
* Klaus Matthäus: Zur Geschichte des Nürnberger Kalenderwesens. Frankfurt a.M.: Buchhändler-Vereinigung 1969, Sp. 1044-1047
* Uwe Müller (Hrsg.): ''450 Jahre Copernicus „De revolutionibus“.'' Astronomische und mathematische Bücher aus Schweinfurter Bibliotheken. Schweinfurt: Stadtarchiv 1993
* Zofia Wardeska: ''Die Universität Altdorf als Zentrum der Copernicus-Rezeption um die Wende vom 16. zum 17. Jahrhundert.'' Sudhoffs Archiv 61/2, 1977, S. 156-164
* Georg Andreas Will: ''Nürnbergisches Gelehrtenlexikon Bd. 3.'' Nürnberg: Lorenz Schüpfel 1757, S. 225-231
* Helmar Junghans: ''Verzeichnis der Rektoren, Prorektoren, Dekane, Professoren und Schloßkirchenprediger der Leucorea vom Sommersemester 1536 bis zum Wintersemester 1574/75.'' In Irene Dingel, Günther Wartenberg: ''Georg Major (1502-1574) - Ein Theologe der Wittenberger Reformation.'' [[Evangelische Verlagsanstalt]], Leipzig, 2005, {{ISBN|3-374-02332-0}}


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* [http://www.naa.net/ain/personen/jpraetorius.asp Astronomie in Nürnberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927003104/http://www.naa.net/ain/personen/jpraetorius.asp |date=27 September 2007 }}
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* [http://www.didaktik.mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de/history/pantometrum/vorfahren.html Vorfahren des Pantometrums]
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Revision as of 18:30, 28 May 2024

Not to be confused with Johann Praetorius.
For the folk tale compiler, see Johannes Praetorius (writer).
Johannes Praetorius.

Johannes Praetorius or Johann Richter (1537 – 27 October 1616) was a Bohemian German mathematician and astronomer.

Life

Astronomia, ars liberalis

Praetorius was born in Jáchymov, Bohemia. From 1557 he studied at the University of Wittenberg, and from 1562 to 1569 he lived in Nuremberg. His astronomical and mathematical instruments are kept at Germanisches Nationalmuseum in Nuremberg.

In 1571 he became Professor of mathematics (astronomy) at Wittenberg where he met Valentinus Otho and Joachim Rheticus. He died in Altdorf bei Nürnberg, aged about 79.

He taught Copernicus' theory of astronomy initially as a means of eliminating the equant from Ptolemy's account, and later moving to a proto-Tychonic system.[1]

Works

  • De cometis, qui antea visi sunt, et de eo qui novissime mense Novembri apparuit, narratio 1578
  • Problema, quod iubet ex quatuor rectis lineis datis quadrilaterum fieri, quod sit in circulo 1598

References

  1. ^ Westman, Robert S. (1975). "Three Responses to the Copernican Theory". The Copernican Achievement. University of California Press. pp. 290–305. ISBN 978-0-520-02877-7.

Sources

  • "Entry". Zedlers Universallexikon. Vol. 29. p. 86.
  • Gerhard Bott (Hrsg.): Focus Behaim Globus. 2 Bde. Nürnberg: Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums 1992
  • Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr: Historische Nachricht von den Nürnbergischen Mathematicis und Künstlern. Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath 1730, S. 83-92
  • Siegmund Günther (1888), "Praetorius, Johannes", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 26, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 519–520
  • Felix Schmeidler (2001), "Praetorius, Johannes", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 667
  • Klaus Matthäus: Zur Geschichte des Nürnberger Kalenderwesens. Frankfurt a.M.: Buchhändler-Vereinigung 1969, Sp. 1044-1047
  • Uwe Müller (Hrsg.): 450 Jahre Copernicus „De revolutionibus“. Astronomische und mathematische Bücher aus Schweinfurter Bibliotheken. Schweinfurt: Stadtarchiv 1993
  • Zofia Wardeska: Die Universität Altdorf als Zentrum der Copernicus-Rezeption um die Wende vom 16. zum 17. Jahrhundert. Sudhoffs Archiv 61/2, 1977, S. 156-164
  • Georg Andreas Will: Nürnbergisches Gelehrtenlexikon Bd. 3. Nürnberg: Lorenz Schüpfel 1757, S. 225-231
  • Helmar Junghans: Verzeichnis der Rektoren, Prorektoren, Dekane, Professoren und Schloßkirchenprediger der Leucorea vom Sommersemester 1536 bis zum Wintersemester 1574/75. In Irene Dingel, Günther Wartenberg: Georg Major (1502-1574) - Ein Theologe der Wittenberger Reformation. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig, 2005, ISBN 3-374-02332-0

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