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Bartholomaeus Pitiscus

1561 - 1613

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Bartholomaeus Pitiscus (also Barthélemy or Bartholomeo; August 24, 1561 – August 24, 1613) was a 16th-century German trigonometrist, astronomer and theologian who first coined the word trigonometry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bartholomaeus Pitiscus is the 350th most popular astronomer (down from 306th in 2019), the 756th most popular biography from Poland (down from 746th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ranks 350 out of 644. Before him are Rudolph Minkowski, Hugo von Seeliger, Walter Lewin, Carl A. Wirtanen, Gérard de Vaucouleurs, and Carl Gustav Witt. After him are James Glaisher, Cyril Jackson, Heikki A. Alikoski, Marc William Buie, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and Johann Gottfried Köhler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ranks 14. Before him are John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Ii Naomasa, Thomas Fincke, Fukushima Masanori, Adriaan van Roomen, and Philippe van Lansberge. After him are Mary Sidney, and Basilius Besler. Among people deceased in 1613, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ranks 11. Before him are Henry Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gabriel Báthory, Ivan Susanin, Cigoli, Giovanni Artusi, and Johann Bauhin. After him are Hypatius Pociej, Salima Sultan Begum, and Mikalojus Daukša.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ranks 756 out of 1,694. Before him are Jankel Adler (1895), Hermann Rauschning (1887), Andrzej Munk (1921), Kurd Lasswitz (1848), Dorothea of Montau (1347), and Jędrzej Śniadecki (1768). After him are Carl Schuricht (1880), Frederick Ferdinand, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen (1769), Anna Langfus (1920), Juliusz Kossak (1824), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), and Simonas Daukantas (1793).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Poland

Among astronomers born in Poland, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ranks 13. Before him are Maria Cunitz (1610), Adalbert Krueger (1832), Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Wilhelm Julius Foerster (1832), Aleksander Wolszczan (1946), and Hugo von Seeliger (1849). After him are Kazimierz Kordylewski (1903).

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