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Johann Bayer

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Johann Bayer

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German lawyer and uranographer

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Johann Bayer was a German author who lived from 1572-01-01 to 1625-03-07. His published works include *Uranometria*, *1200 Jahre Kinzenbach*, *Student solutions manual for use with Physics for the life sciences*, and *ZUR GESCHICHTE DER GEMEINDE LANG-GÖNS*. Records indicate he has seven works listed in one database and five in another.

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  • 1200 Jahre Kinzenbach
  • Student solutions manual for use with Physics for the life sciences
  • Ioannis Bayeri Explicatio characterum æneis Vranometrias imaginum, tabulis, insculptorum, addita, & commodiore hac forma tertiúm redintegrata
  • Ostivm vel atrivm natvræ ichnographice delineatvm, id est, Fundamenta interpretationis & administrationis natvrae generalia
  • Uranometria

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1685-03-21
Active to
1750-07-28

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Encyclopedic overview

The constellation Orion in Bayer's Uranometria

Johann Bayer ( German pronunciation: [ˈjoːhan ˈbaɪɐ]; 1572 – 7 March 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer (celestial cartographer). He was born in Rain in 1572. In 1592, aged 20, he began his study of philosophy and law at the University of Ingolstadt, after which he moved to Augsburg to begin work as a lawyer, becoming legal adviser to the city council in 1612.

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