Georg Schönberger (mathematician)
Georg Schönberger (also Schonberger or Schomberger , Latinized Georgius Schönbergerus ; * 1596 in Innsbruck , † August 1, 1645 in Gradisch near Olmütz ) was a German Jesuit and mathematician .
Schönberger studied at the University of Ingolstadt with Christoph Scheiner , entered the Jesuit order in 1615 and became a teacher of literature, philosophy, Hebrew, theology and mathematics in Freiburg im Breisgau . He then went to Bohemia and became Vice-Rector at the Jesuit College in Prague and then Rector in Olomouc, where he died in 1645.
In his writings he dealt with the construction of sundials and with questions of optics .
The Schomberger lunar crater was named after him by the IAU in 1935 .
Fonts
- Exegeses fundamentorvm gnomonicorum (with Christoph Scheiner, Ingolstadt 1615)
- Demonstratio et constructio horologiorum novorum (Freiburg 1622)
- Sol illustratus (Freiburg 1626)
- Centuria Problematum Opticorum (Freiburg 1626)
literature
- Carlos Sommervogel : Bibliothèque de la Compagnie de Jésus . Brussels & Paris 1890–1909, sv Schoenberger, George
- Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts , vol. 35, p. 508, online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoenberger, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schonberger, Georg; Schomberger, Georg; Schonperger, Georg; Schönbergerus, Georgius; Schönperger, Johann Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Jesuit and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1596 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1645 |
| Place of death | Gradisch near Olomouc |