Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr

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Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr was an 18th-century German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer known for his influential celestial atlases and popular works on astronomy.

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instanceOf cartographer
human
mathematician
centuryOfActivity 18th century
countryOfCitizenship Germany
Holy Roman Empire
dateOfBirth 1677-09-27
dateOfDeath 1750-12-01
describedAs influential popularizer of Newtonian astronomy in German-speaking Europe
educatedAt University of Altdorf
University of Halle
employer Aegidien-Gymnasium Nuremberg
fieldOfWork astronomy
cartography
celestial cartography
mathematics
gender male
genre astronomical atlas
scientific literature
hasAcademicDiscipline geodesy
spherical astronomy
hasPartNamedAfterHim Doppelmayr (Martian crater)
Doppelmayr (lunar crater)
knownFor historical-biographical work on Nuremberg mathematicians and artists
languageOfWorkOrName German
Latin
memberOf Nuremberg intelligentsia
nativeLanguage German
notableFor celestial atlases
popularization of astronomy
notableWork Atlas Coelestis
Atlas Coelestis in quo Mundus Spectabilis et in Eodem Stellarum omnium Phoenomena
linked to: Atlas Coelestis

Einleitung zur Geographie
Einleitung zur Kosmographie
Einleitung zur Mathematik
Historische Nachricht von den nürnbergischen Mathematicis und Künstlern
occupation university teacher
placeOfBirth Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
Nuremberg
placeOfDeath Nuremberg
residence Nuremberg
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet
workLocation Nuremberg

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Johannisfriedhof, Nuremberg burialPlaceOf Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr