Lorentz Eichstadt (10 August 1596 – 8 June 1660) was a German

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and

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. He was a doctor of medicine in

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and taught medicine and mathematics in Danzig. The lunar crater Eichstadt is named after him.

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Lunar Republic: Craters
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