Lorentz Eichstadt
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Lorentz Eichstadt.
Lorentz Eichstadt (10 August 1596 – 8 June 1660) was a German mathematician and astronomer. He was a doctor of medicine in Szczecin in Pomerania and taught medicine and mathematics in Danzig.[1]
The lunar crater Eichstadt is named after him.
References[]
- ^ Hockey, Thomas (2009). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Publishing. ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
External links[]
- Lunar Republic: Craters. Retrieved October 8, 2005.
Categories:
- 1596 births
- 1660 deaths
- 17th-century German mathematicians
- 17th-century German astronomers
- 17th-century German physicians
- People from Gdańsk
- German mathematician stubs
- German astronomer stubs