Johann Strauss (mathematician)

Johann Strauss (born June 2, 1590 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † September 9, 1630 ibid) was a German mathematician .

Life

Growing up as a merchant's son in Kneiphof , Strauss attended the Kneiphöfsche Gymnasium and studied at the Albertus University . Trained in singing by Johann Eckardt, he sang in the electoral chapel for four years . In 1612 he went to Peter Crüger in Danzig , a year later to Wittenberg . For a few years he taught at a noble school in Linz . In 1616 he became a Magister Philosophiae at the University of Tübingen . A little later he became court master of the Duke of Saxony (Johann Wilhelm and Friedrich Wilhelm). In 1619 he entered the military service of Johann Friedrich, Duke of Württemberg for a short time. With a “notable” certificate from the University of Tübingen, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Albertus University in 1621 . At the same time he became chief inspector of the Prussian land surveyors . He campaigned for the spread of Kepler's ideas and defended Copernicus' view of the world .

As a teacher of war architecture, he designed the fortification ring that enclosed the area of ​​the three cities of Königsberg and their freedoms (Königsberg i. Pr.) . Construction began in 1626 under Abraham von Dohna .

As dean of the Philosophical Faculty, Strauss died of the plague .

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