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Christopher Clavius
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German astronomer and mathematician (1538–1612)
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Christopher Clavius (1538–1612) was a German mathematician and astronomer associated with the German Renaissance. Born in Bamberg, he died in Rome. He was a member of the Society of Jesus and practiced Catholicism. Clavius was educated at the University of Coimbra and the Roman College. He worked in Prague and Rome, and his field of work was mathematics. He spoke Latin.
Clavius was influenced by Euclid. His students included Giuseppe Biancani, Marin Getaldić, Paul Guldin, and Grégoire de Saint-Vincent. Giuseppe Biancani was also listed as his doctoral student. He is described in sources such as the Catholic Encyclopedia and Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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- Cited by
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Most cited works
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5 total works indexed
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,573x
- The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)
· 2016 · cited 23,660x
- A New Equation to Estimate Glomerular Filtration Rate
· 2009 · cited 22,576x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,894x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,620x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1538-03-25 ) 25 March 1538, Bamberg , Bavaria , Holy Roman Empire
- Died
- 6 February 1612 (1612-02-06) (aged 73), Rome , Papal States
- Alma mater
- University of Coimbra , Collegio Romano
- Known for
- Gregorian calendar , Clavius' Law
- Fields
- Mathematics , astronomy
- Institutions
- Collegio Romano
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Clavius, SJ (25 March 1538 – 6 February 1612) was a Jesuit German mathematician and physicist, 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.
Early life
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