Johannes Teyler

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Johannes Teyler (* around May 23, 1648 in Nijmegen ; † between 1697 and 1709) was a Dutch etcher , engraver, draftsman, inventor and professor of philosophy and mathematics. From 1679 he traveled through Italy, Egypt, the Holy Land and Malta and made drawings of the fortresses. During a trip to Berlin in 1683, Teyler also captured views of the Berlin electoral palace in color copper engravings. He then returned to the Netherlands and settled in the province of Holland .

Between 1683 and 1688 he developed a method for realizing color prints with a single engraving . His students included Johannes van Call (1656–1705?) And Mattheus Berckenboom .

In 1695 he was offered the chair of mathematics at the University of Halle .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.answers.com/topic/johannes-teyler-2
  2. ↑ http://www.kb.nl/themas/atklass/viervoudig-schouwspel-van-wonderen
  3. ↑ Images in: Hinterkeuser, Guido: Das Berliner Schloss. The renovation by Andreas Schlueter. Siedler Verlag, Berlin 2003. ISBN 3-88680-792-4 . There in Catalog No. 47 and 48, p. 312.
  4. ↑ Life and work of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz by Kurt Müller, Gisela Krönert

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SURNAME Teyler, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch etcher, graphic artist, professor
DATE OF BIRTH around May 23, 1648
PLACE OF BIRTH Nijmegen
DATE OF DEATH between 1697 and 1709