Nicholas Neodomus

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Nikolaus Neodomus (also: Neuhaus, Neodemus, Nehusen, Nehewser ; * 1535 in Erfurt , † August 28, 1578 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German mathematician.

Life

Nikolaus began studying at the University of Erfurt in 1551 under the rectorate of Wolfgang Westermann . In his youth he had already made various calendars and developed an interest in the mathematical sciences. From 1553 onwards, Valentin Engelhardt (1516–1568?) As professor of mathematics at the Erfurt University had a lasting influence on his studies. He continued this from September 24, 1554 at the University of Wittenberg , where at that time Sebastian Theodoricus held the professorship of lower mathematics and Caspar Peucer taught as professor of higher mathematics.

Here he is also likely to have dealt with the works of Erasmus Reinhold . When he returned to Erfurt, he acquired the degree of master's degree in 1556. In 1560 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the University of Königsberg . He took over this professorship on June 17, 1561. During his time in Königsberg, he wrote a disputation de ecclipsibus. In 1577 he brought the Jar MDLXXVII with the work “ Procnosticon Auff. ”Another text in which he commented on the“ Tabulis Prutenicis Reinholdi ”and the“ newen Tabulis Astronomicis based on the teaching of the famous Mr. Nicolaus Copernici ”. Neodemus published calendars and developed a mathematical theory of ship control. He could no longer publish the planned treatise "de cometa anno 1577 viso" because he had previously died of dropsy.

Neodomus also took part in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters of 1573 and 1577 .

literature

  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, 2nd part, p. 374
  • Friedrich Johann Buck: Biographies of the deceased mathematicians in general and of the great Prussian mathematician P. Christian Otters, who died more than a hundred years ago, credibly promoted to print, especially in two departments. Hartung & Zeise, Königsberg and Leipzig, 1764, p. 41 f.
  • Jöcher : lexicon of scholars. Vol. 3, Col. 857

Individual evidence

  1. ^ JC Hermann Weissenborn: Acts of the Erfurt University. Verlag Otto Hendel, Halle, 1884, Part II, p. 382, ​​Item A, 24
  2. ^ Karl Eduard Förstemann: Album Academiae Vitebergensis, Leipzig 1841
  3. ↑ Heinz Kathe : The Wittenberg Philosophical Faculty 1502-1817 (= Central German Research. Volume 117). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4 , pp. 463-464.
  4. ^ JC Hermann Weissenborn: Acts of the Erfurt University. Verlag Otto Hendel, Halle, 1884, Part II, p. 392, Item B, 9
  5. ↑ Jürgen Hamel : Nicolaus Copernicus life, work and effect. P. 259
personal data
SURNAME Neodomus, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nehewser, Nikolaus; Neuhaus, Nikolaus; Neodemus, Nicholas; Nehusen, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH 1535
PLACE OF BIRTH Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1578
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)