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Jost Bürgi
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Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician (1552-1632)
Key facts
- Born
- 28 February 1552 ( 1552-02-28 ) , Lichtensteig, Toggenburg , Switzerland
- Died
- 31 January 1632 (1632-01-31) (aged 79), Kassel , Holy Roman Empire
- Known for
- Geometric progressions & Logarithms
- Fields
- Horology , mathematics
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Switzerland
- Place of birth
- Lichtensteig
- Place of death
- Kassel
- Child
- Benjamin Bramer
- Occupation
- clockmaker
- Employer
- Johannes Kepler
- Image
- Joost buergi.jpg
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- Commons category
- Jost Bürgi
- date of birth
- 1552-02-28
- date of death
- 1632-01-31
- has works in the collection
- Musée des Arts et Métiers
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- relative
- Benjamin Bramer
- Commons Creator page
- Jost Bürgi
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Lichtensteig
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Encyclopedic overview
Mechanised Celestial Globe, made 1594 in Kassel, now at Schweizerisches Landesmuseum in Zurich Jost Bürgi and Antonius Eisenhoit: Armillary sphere with astronomical clock, made 1585 in Kassel, now at Nordiska Museet in Stockholm Medal issued on the 350th anniversary of his death
Jost Bürgi (also Joost, Jobst; Latinized surname Burgius or Byrgius; 28 February 1552 – 31 January 1632), active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, mathematician, and writer. Burgi was the brother-in-law and adoptive father of Benjamin Bramer.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jost Bürgi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.