Georg Tannstetter

Georg Tannstetter (April 1482 – March 26?, 1535), also called Georgius Collimitius, was a humanist teaching at the University of Vienna. He was a medical doctor, mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, and the personal physician of the emperors Maximilian I and Ferdinand I. He also wrote under the pseudonym of "Lycoripensis"http://mdz1.bib-bvb.de/~ndb/ndbvoll.html?inpAuswahl%5B%5D=8606. His Latin name "Collimitius" is derived from limes meaning "border" and is a reference to his birthtown: "Rain" is a German word for border or boundary.

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1482 - March 26 - 1535 - Humanist - University of Vienna - Medical doctor - Mathematician - Astronomer - Cartographer - Emperor - Maximilian I - Ferdinand I - Pseudonym

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Born in Rain am Lech in Bavaria, he studied in Ingolstadt. In 1503, he followed a call of Conrad Celtis to the University of Vienna, where he taught mathematics. He soon became a leading figure amongst the humanists in Vienna. In 1510, he became the personal physician of emperor Maximilian I, who would six years later ennoble him with the prediacte "von Thanau".

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Rain am Lech - Bavaria - Ingolstadt - 1503 - Conrad Celtis - University of Vienna - Humanist - Vienna - 1510 - Maximilian I

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He travelled with his student Joachim Vadian to Buda in 1518 and subsequently produced a map of Hungary together with others, in particular Rosetus Lazarus (Lazarus Secretarius). The map was printed 1528 in Ingolstadt by Petrus Apianus; the original is today in the National Library of Hungary. It is generally praised for its accuracy, and it was one of the very first maps to include a scale. Tannstetter is also considered a pioneer of the history of science with his work Viri Mathematici, containing biographies of mathematicians at the University of Vienna from the 15th century.

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Joachim Vadian - Buda - 1518 - Hungary - Rosetus Lazarus - 1528 - Ingolstadt - Petrus Apianus - 15th century

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In 1530, he moved to Ferdinand's court at Innsbruck, where he died five years later.

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1530 - Innsbruck

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