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Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs
Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs (1511–1579) was an Austrian humanist, astronomer and Hebraist. Life He was born in Merckenstein, near Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria, and studied in Vienna, Ingolstadt and Tübingen. He became a student and friend of Sebastian Münster. Together they translated (into Latin) the Form of the Earth of Abraham bar Hiyya, with work of Elijah ben Abraham Mizrahi. He taught at Freiburg, where the Maltese mathematician Joannes Myriti was a student. In 1551 he produced a commentary to the ''Almagest'' of Ptolemy. He published a ''targum'' for the ''Song of Solomon'' and ''Ecclesiastes'' (1553). He was a commentator in the sixteenth-and seventeenth century along with Joannes Baptista Capuanus, Maurus Florentinus, Christopher Clavius, Christoph Clavius, Bartolomaeus Vespuccius, and Jesuit, who was an astronomer who had commentary that was held in high regard. Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs was a disciple of the Hebraists Sebastian Münster(1488-1552) and togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs
Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs (1511–1579) was an Austrian humanist, astronomer and Hebraist. Life He was born in Merckenstein, near Bad Vöslau in Lower Austria, and studied in Vienna, Ingolstadt and Tübingen. He became a student and friend of Sebastian Münster. Together they translated (into Latin) the Form of the Earth of Abraham bar Hiyya, with work of Elijah ben Abraham Mizrahi. He taught at Freiburg, where the Maltese mathematician Joannes Myriti was a student. In 1551 he produced a commentary to the ''Almagest'' of Ptolemy. He published a ''targum'' for the ''Song of Solomon'' and ''Ecclesiastes'' (1553). He was a commentator in the sixteenth-and seventeenth century along with Joannes Baptista Capuanus, Maurus Florentinus, Christopher Clavius, Christoph Clavius, Bartolomaeus Vespuccius, and Jesuit, who was an astronomer who had commentary that was held in high regard. Erasmus Oswald Schreckenfuchs was a disciple of the Hebraists Sebastian Münster(1488-1552) and togeth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
