Georg Joachim Rheticus

✶February 26, 1514

†December 14, 1574

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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.

Austrian physician, astronomer and mathematician (1514-1574)

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