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Christopher Clavius

1538 - 1612

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Christopher Clavius, (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician, head of mathematicians at the Collegio Romano, and astronomer who was a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as the Gregorian calendar. Clavius would later write defences and an explanation of the reformed calendar, including an emphatic acknowledgement of Lilius' work. In his last years, he was probably the most respected astronomer in Europe and his textbooks were used for astronomical education for over fifty years in and even out of Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Clavius is the 119th most popular mathematician (up from 122nd in 2019), the 649th most popular biography from Germany (up from 749th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Mathematician.

Christopher Clavius is most famous for his work on the Gregorian calendar.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Christopher Clavius ranks 119 out of 1,004. Before him are Pierre Louis Maupertuis, George Green, Leonid Kantorovich, Alexander Friedmann, William Oughtred, and Gabriel Cramer. After him are Madhava of Sangamagrama, Isaac Barrow, G. H. Hardy, Nicomachus, Brook Taylor, and Jean-Victor Poncelet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1538, Christopher Clavius ranks 2. Before him is Charles Borromeo. After him are Caesar Baronius, Maeda Toshiie, Guglielmo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Infanta Maria of Guimarães, Diane de France, Matija Gubec, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Hōjō Ujimasa, Louis of Nassau, and Ashikaga Yoshihide. Among people deceased in 1612, Christopher Clavius ranks 5. Before him are Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Vasili IV of Russia, Sasaki Kojirō, and Giovanni Gabrieli. After him are Vincenzo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Federico Barocci, Karin Månsdotter, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Anne Catherine of Brandenburg, Hans Leo Hassler, and Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christopher Clavius ranks 649 out of 7,253. Before him are Aby Warburg (1866), Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen (1738), Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach (1732), John of Saxony (1801), Wilhelm Marx (1863), and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786). After him are Martin Niemöller (1892), Princess Viktoria of Prussia (1866), Erhard Milch (1892), George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), and Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Christopher Clavius ranks 16. Before him are Ludolph van Ceulen (1540), Richard Dedekind (1831), Regiomontanus (1436), Alexander Grothendieck (1928), Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804), and Felix Klein (1849). After him are Andrew Wiles (1953), Hermann Weyl (1885), Hermann of Reichenau (1013), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), and Johannes Trithemius (1462).

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