Georg Christoph Eimmart, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georg Christoph Eimmart

engraver

Date of Birth: 22-Aug-1638

Place of Birth: Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 05-Jan-1705

Profession: astronomer, mathematician, engraver, illustrator, university teacher, drawer

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger (22 August 1638 Regensburg – 5 January 1705 Nürnberg), a German draughtsman and engraver, was born at Ratisbon.
He was instructed by his father, Georg Christoph Eimart the Elder (1603-1658), who was also an engraver, a painter of portraits, landscapes, still-life, and historical subjects.
He studied at the University of Jena from 1654-1658.
Eimmart the Younger resided at Nuremberg, where he died in 1705.
He engraved some plates for Sandrart's Academia, and some small etchings of ruins, buildings, and vases, ornamented with figures, which have considerable merit.
He was also a mathematician and astronomer, and published in 1701 Iconographia nova contemplationum de Sole. His mother was Christine Banns (?-1654), daughter of an Austrian toll manager, Damian Banns.
On 20 April 1668 he married Maria Walther, daughter of the weighmaster, Christian Walther.
His daughter Maria Clara Eimmart (1676–1707) was a designer and engraver as well.
She usually worked with her father.
She married the astronomer, J.
H.
Müller, and died at Altdorf in 1707. He established the first astronomical observatory in Nürnberg.
The lunar crater Eimmart is named after Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger.



Alternative names	Georg Christoph Eimmart the Younger; Georg Christoph Eimart the Younger; Georg Christoph, the younger Eimmart; Georg Christoph II Eimart; Georg Christoph II Eimmart
Description	German mathematician, astronomer, university teacher, engraver, drawer and illustrator
Date of birth/death	22 August 1638	5 January 1705
Location of birth/death	Regensburg	Nuremberg
Authority control	: Q470428 VIAF: 2604336 ISNI: 0000 0000 7818 9406 ULAN: 500011894 LCCN: nr00022403 NLA: 36589616 WorldCat