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Achilles Gasser
Born(1505-11-03)3 November 1505
Died4 December 1577(1577-12-04) (aged 72)
Known forComet observations, research on European history and geography
Scientific career
Fields
  • cartography
  • Achilles Pirmin Gasser[1] (3 November 1505 – 4 December 1577)[2] was a German physician and astrologer. He is now known as a well-connected humanistic scholar, and supporter of both Copernicus and Rheticus.

    Life[edit]

    Born in Lindau, he studied mathematics, history, and philosophy, as well as astronomy.[3] He was a student in Sélestat under Johannes Sapidus [it];[4] he also attended universities in Wittenberg, Vienna, Montpellier, and Avignon.[5]

    In 1528, German cartographer Sebastian Münster appealed to scientists across the Holy Roman Empire[6] to assist him with his description of Germany. Gassar accepted this and was later recognized by Münster as a close collaborator for his cartography of the country.[7]

    Rheticus lost his physician father Georg Iserin in 1528 when he was executed on sorcery charges. Gasser later took over the practice in Feldkirch, in 1538; he taught Rheticus some astrology, and helped his education, in particular by writing to the University of Wittenberg on his behalf.[5][8][9]

    When Rheticus printed his Narratio prima—the first published account of the Copernican heliocentric system—in 1540 (Danzig), he sent Gasser a copy. Gasser then undertook a second edition (1541, Basel) with his own introduction[10] in the form of a letter from Gasser to Georg VogelinofKonstanz.[5] The second edition (1566, Basel) of De revolutionibus orbium coelestium contained the Narratio Prima with this introduction by Gasser.[11]

    Works[edit]

    Title page of the De magnete in the 1558 edition by Gasser

    He prepared the first edition (Augsburg, 1558) of the Epistola de magneteofPierre de Maricourt.[3][12]

    Other works include:

    Gasser belonged with Flacius to the humanist circle around Kaspar von Niedbruck [de], concerned with the recovery of monastic manuscripts. Others in the group were John Bale, Conrad Gesner, Joris Cassander, Johannes Matalius Metellus, and Cornelius Wauters.[16]

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ Also Gassar, Gasserus, Gassarus.
  • ^ Blendinger, Friedrich (1964), "Gasser, Achilles Pirminius", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 79; (full text online)
  • ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  • ^ Peter G. Bietenholz and Thomas Brian Deutscher, Contemporaries of Erasmus: a biographical register of the Renaissance and Reformation (2003), Volume 3, p. 196; Google Books.
  • ^ a b c Danielson, Dennis (2004), "Achilles Gasser and the birth of Copernicanism", Journal for the History of Astronomy, 35 Part 4 (121): 457–474, Bibcode:2004JHA....35..457D, doi:10.1177/002182860403500406, ISSN 0021-8286, S2CID 115298364.
  • ^ Burmeister, Karl Heinz (1970). "Achilles Gasser as Geographer and Cartographer". 24. Bregenz: Imago Mundi: 57. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • ^ Burmeister, Karl Heinz (1970). "Achilles Gasser (1505-1577) as Geographer and Cartographer". Imago Mundi. 24. Bregenz: Imago Mundi, Ltd.: 57–58. doi:10.1080/03085697008592350 – via JSTOR.
  • ^ MacTutor page on Rheticus Archived 27 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  • ^ Repcheck, pp. 113–4.
  • ^ "Nicolaus Copernicus". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. 2019.
  • ^ "NICOLAUS COPERNICUS THORUNENSIS - the history of the editions of de revolutionibus".
  • ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pierre de Maricourt" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  • ^ Anthony Grafton, Cardano's Cosmos: the worlds and works of a Renaissance astrologer (1999), p. 56; Google Books
  • ^ Dictionaries in Early Modern Europe (PDF)[permanent dead link], p. 122.
  • ^ Kokott, W., The Comet of 1533, p. 105.
  • ^ Kees Dekker and Cornelis Dekker, The Origins of Old Germanic Studies in the Low Countries (1999), p. 21; Google Books.
  • References[edit]

    Further reading[edit]

    External links[edit]

    1. ^ Galle, Karl (3 November 2021). "Scientist of the Day - Achilles Pirmin Gasser".

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Achilles_Gasser&oldid=1183565884"

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