Johannes Stadius

For the crater, see Stadius (crater).

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Johannes Stadius or Estadius (Flemish Jan Van Ostaeyen; French Jean Stade) (ca. May 1, 1527-June 17, 1579) was a Flemish astronomer and mathematician.

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Flemish - French - May 1 - 1527 - June 17 - 1579 - Flemish - Astronomer

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Born Jan Van Ostaeyen in the town of Loenhout (thus Leonnouthesius is sometimes appended to his Latin surname) in Brabant, Stadius spent his youth in the Schaliënhuis, on the old Dorpsstraat and one of the oldest houses in Loenhout (today a tavern and restaurant). Not much else is known regarding his youth besides the fact that his mother was not the spouse of his father.

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After receiving his education at the school of Latin at Brecht, Stadius studied mathematics, geography, and history at the University of Leuven, where he studied under Gemma Frisius. After his studies in Leuven, he became a professor (hoogleraar) of mathematics, but in 1554 he went to Turin, where he enjoyed the patronage of the powerful Duke of Savoy.

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Latin - Brecht - Mathematics - Geography - History - University of Leuven - Gemma Frisius - 1554 - Turin - Savoy

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Stadius also worked in Paris, Cologne, and Brussels. In Paris, he debated with the trigonometrist Maurice Bresses of Grenoble, and made astrological predictions for the French court. In his Tabulae Bergenses (1560), Stadius calls himself both royal mathematician (of Philip II of Spain) and mathematician to the Duke of Savoy.http://www.krownspellman.com/cgi-bin/spellman/17863.html

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Paris - Cologne - Brussels - Trigonometrist - Grenoble - Astrological - 1560 - Philip II of Spain

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