ASTRONOMER

Erasmus Reinhold

1511 - 1553

Photo of Erasmus Reinhold

Icon of person Erasmus Reinhold

Erasmus Reinhold (22 October 1511 – 19 February 1553) was a German astronomer and mathematician, considered to be the most influential astronomical pedagogue of his generation. He was born and died in Saalfeld, Saxony. He was educated, under Jacob Milich, at the University of Wittenberg, where he was first elected dean and later became rector. In 1536 he was appointed professor of higher mathematics by Philipp Melanchthon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erasmus Reinhold is the 213th most popular astronomer (up from 214th in 2019), the 2,252nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,470th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Astronomer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Erasmus Reinhold by language

Loading...

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 213 out of 644. Before him are Lyudmila Chernykh, Nevil Maskelyne, John Bevis, Seth Barnes Nicholson, Sergey Belyavsky, and Francis Baily. After him are Bengt Strömgren, Jean-Louis Pons, George Ellery Hale, Fred Lawrence Whipple, Martin Schwarzschild, and Adalbert Krueger.

Most Popular Astronomers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1511, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 7. Before him are Giorgio Vasari, Francisco de Orellana, Henry, Duke of Cornwall, Bartolomeo Ammannati, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Ippolito de' Medici. After him are Francisco López de Gómara, Ashikaga Yoshiharu, Nicola Vicentino, Juan Pizarro, and Pierre Viret. Among people deceased in 1553, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 17. Before him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, Lucrezia de' Medici, Sinan Pasha, Juan de Homedes, Lord Guildford Dudley, and Francisco de Montejo. After him are Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Pedro de Toledo y Zúñiga, Wolf Huber, Francesco Donato, Mateo Flecha, and Augustin Hirschvogel.

Others Born in 1511

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1553

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 2,253 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), Adolph Diesterweg (1790), Aloysia Weber (1760), Friedrich Boie (1789), Fabio Mancini (1987), and Heinrich Aldegrever (1502). After him are Winrich von Kniprode (1310), Franz von Lenbach (1836), Gustav Schwab (1792), Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817), Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt (1722), and Martin Lawrence (1965).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Erasmus Reinhold ranks 36. Before him are Hermann Carl Vogel (1841), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Johann Heinrich von Mädler (1794), Tobias Mayer (1723), and Andreas Cellarius (1596). After him are Martin Schwarzschild (1912), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780), Johannes Schöner (1477), Johannes Fabricius (1587), Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann (1870), and Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke (1835).

German born Astronomers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous