Nicolaus is a masculine
given name
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. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of
Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...
.
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/ref> Nicolaus may refer to:
In science:
* Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus (; pl, Mikołaj Kopernik; gml, Niklas Koppernigk, german: Nikolaus Kopernikus; 19 February 1473 – 24 May 1543) was a Renaissance polymath, active as a mathematician, astronomer, and Catholic Church, Catholic cano ...
, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar system
* Nicolaus Otto
Nicolaus August Otto (10 June 1832, Holzhausen an der Haide, Nassau – 26 January 1891, Cologne) was a German engineer who successfully developed the compressed charge internal combustion engine which ran on petroleum gas and led to the mode ...
(1832 – 1891), German engineer
In mathematics:
* Nicolaus I Bernoulli
Nicolaus Bernoulli (also spelled Nicolas or Nikolas; 21 October 1687, Basel – 29 November 1759, Basel) was a Swiss people, Swiss mathematician and was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family.
Biography
He was the son of ...
, Swiss mathematician
* Nicolaus II Bernoulli
Nicolaus II Bernoulli, a.k.a. Niklaus Bernoulli, Nikolaus Bernoulli (6 February 1695, Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy, Switzerland – 31 July 1726, Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia, Russia) was a Switzerland, Swiss mathematician as ...
, Swiss mathematician
* Nicolaus Rohlfs
Nicolaus Rohlfs was an 18th-century German mathematics teacher (''arithmeticus'') in Buxtehude and Hamburg who wrote astronomical
Astronomy () is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena. It uses mathematics, physics ...
, 18th-century German mathematics teacher who wrote astronomical calendars
In literature:
* Nicolaus Becker
Nikolaus Becker (8 October 1809, Bonn, Rhin-et-Moselle – 28 August 1845 in the Hünshoven district of Geilenkirchen) was a German lawyer and writer. His one poem of note was the 1840 "Rheinlied" (Rhine song) which was set to music over 70 times ...
, German lawyer and writer, the author of the ''Rheinlied
Nikolaus Becker (8 October 1809, Bonn, Rhin-et-Moselle – 28 August 1845 in the Hünshoven district of Geilenkirchen) was a German lawyer and writer. His one poem of note was the 1840 "Rheinlied" (Rhine song) which was set to music over 70 time ...
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* Nicolaus of Damascus
Nicolaus of Damascus (Greek language, Greek: , ''Nikolāos Damaskēnos''; Latin: ''Nicolaus Damascenus'') was a Greek historian and philosopher who lived during the Augustus, Augustan age of the Roman Empire. His name is derived from that of his b ...
, Greek historical and philosophical writer who lived in the Augustan age
In music:
* Nicolaus Bruhns
Nicolaus Bruhns (also ''Nikolaus'', ''Nicholas''; late 1665 – in Husum) was a Danish-German organist, violinist, and composer. He was one of the most prominent organists and composers of his generation.
Biography
Bruhns was born in Schwabste ...
, German composer
* Nicolaus Zacharie
Nicolaus Zacharie (c.1400 or before – 1466) was an Italian composer of the early Renaissance. Until recently he had been confused with the earlier composer Zacara da Teramo, but recent research has established his identity; he was one of a few ...
, Italian composer of the early Renaissance
In Christianity:
* Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf
Nikolaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (26 May 1700 – 9 May 1760) was a German religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figu ...
, German religious and social reformer and bishop of the Moravian Church
* Nicolaus Taurellus
Nicolaus Taurellus (Latin, from german: Nikolaus Öchslinin 19th century translated to French as ''Nicolas Tourot''. No Google Books hit befor1859/ref>) (November 26, 1547September 28, 1606) was a German philosopher and medical academic.
Life
He w ...
, German philosopher and theologian
* Nicolaus of Antioch, one of the seven deacons
The Seven, often known as the Seven Deacons, were leaders elected by the early Christian church to minister to the community of believers in Jerusalem, to enable the Apostles to concentrate on 'prayer and the Ministry of the Word' and to address a ...
listed in The Acts of the Apostles
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, chapter 6, verse 5
In other fields:
* Nicolaus Delius
Nicolaus Delius (19 September 1813 – 18 November 1888) was a German philologist. Delius was born at Bremen; he was distinguished especially as a student of Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English ...
, German philologist
Other uses
* Nicolaus, California
Nicolaus is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sutter County, California. Nicolaus is part of the Yuba City Metropolitan Statistical Area. Nicolaus sits at an elevation of . The 2010 United States census reported Nicolaus's population was 211.
It ...
, a small town in the United States
* ''Nicolaus (leafhopper) Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to:
In science:
* Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer who provided the first modern formulation of a heliocentric theory of the solar syste ...
'', a genus of leafhopper
A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and a ...
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See also
*Nicholas
Nicholas is a male given name and a surname.
The Eastern Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, and the Anglicanism, Anglican Churches celebrate Saint Nicholas every year on December 6, which is the name day for "Nicholas". In Greece, the n ...
*Nicholaus Nicholaus is a masculine given name. People with that name include the following:
* Nicholaus Arson the stage name of Niklas Almqvist (born 1977), Swedish musician
* Nicholaus Contreraz (1982 – 1998), American torture victim
* Nicholaus Goossen ...
*Nikolaus (given name) Nikolaus is a given name. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name Art
*Nikolaus Geiger (1849–1897), German sculptor and painter.
*Nikolaus Gerhaert (c.1420 – 1473), Dutch sculptor
*Nikolaus Glockendon (fl. 1515 – 1534) ...
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