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Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus, was a mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil. He facilitated the publication of his master's De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.
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science · Austrian astronomer and mathematician (1514–1576) · mathematician · astronomer · cartographer · physician · university teacher · astrologer · also Georg Joachim Rheticus, Rheticus, Georg Joachim Rhäticus, Georg Joachim Rhaeticus, Georg Joachim de Porris
Born 16 February 1514 · Died 4 December 1574 · Q93588
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“only do not threaten us with... heresy, such as Cleanthes used to think that the Greeks should have had served upon Aristarchus of Samos, for shifting the hearth of the Universe, because that great man attempted”
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“Introduction to Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Kepler”
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Died 1574-12-04.
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Studied at Charles University (1551–1552).
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Studied at University of Wittenberg (1532).
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Born 1514-02-16.
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