Conrad Dasypodius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Conrad Dasypodius

Swiss mathematician

Date of Birth: 26-Apr-1532

Place of Birth: Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland

Date of Death: 19-Apr-1601

Profession: astronomer, watchmaker, mathematician

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Conrad Dasypodius

  • Conrad Dasypodius (1532 – April 26, 1600) was a professor of mathematics in Strasbourg, Alsace.
  • He was born in Frauenfeld, Thurgau, Switzerland.
  • His first name was also rendered as Konrad or Conradus or Cunradus, and his last name has been alternatively stated as Rauchfuss, Rauchfuß, and Hasenfratz.
  • He was the son of Petrus Dasypodius (Peter Hasenfuss) (1490–1559, or Peter Hasenfratz), a humanist and lexicographer. In 1564, Dasypodius edited various parts of the Elements of Euclid.
  • In the preface, he says that for 26 years it had been the rule at his school that all who were promoted from the classes to public lectures should learn Book I of the Elements, but there were no longer any copies to be had so he was bringing out a new edition so as to maintain a good and fruitful regulation of his school.In 1568, Dasypodius published a work about the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus, Hypotyposes orbium coelestium congruentes cum tabulis Alfonsinis et Copernici seu etiam tabulis Prutenicis editae a Cunrado Dasypodio.
  • It is unclear whether Dasypodius was a heliocentrist himself or rather followed the "Wittenberg interpretation."Dasypodius designed an astronomical clock for the Strasbourg Cathedral; that clock was built in 1572-1574 by Isaac Habrecht and Josia Habrecht.
  • This monumental clock represented the synthesis of the most advanced scientific knowledge of the era, in the domains of astronomy, mathematics, and physics.
  • That mechanism remained in the Cathedral until 1842, when it was replaced by a clock built by Jean Baptiste Schwilgué.Dasypodius translated writings of Hero of Alexandria from Greek into Latin: one source says it was Hero's Automata; but more likely it was the Mechanica.Dasypodius died in Strasbourg.

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