Peurbach

Georg Peurbach

Born: 30 May 1423 in Peuerbach, Austria
Died: 8 April 1461 in Vienna, Austria

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Peurbach studied at Vienna, graduating in 1446. In 1453 he was awarded a Master's Degree then travelled through Europe and lectured in Germany, France and Italy on astronomy.

Peurbach wrote on astronomy and gave tables of eclipse calculations. He observed Halley's comet in June 1456 and wrote a report on his observations. He made further observations of comets and recorded the lunar eclipse of 1457. He published further tables, checked by his own eclipse observations, and devised astronomical instruments.

He wrote on the computation of sines and chords. His book Algorismus , an elementary textbook on practical calculations, was popular and reprinted several times.

Regiomontanus was his student and they collaborated on a number of works.

References:

  1. Dictionary of Scientific Biography
  2. E Zinner, Leben und Wirken des Joh. Müller von Königsberg genannt Regiomontanus (Osnabrück, 1968), 26-49. 
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