Magnus Pegel (or Pegelius or Pegelow) (15 May 1547 – 1619) was a

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doctor and

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. Pegel was born in

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in Pomerania/Germany and was one of the first authors to write (in 1604) about the theory of

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s. He died at

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Works

* "Disputatio de peste" * "Universi seu mundi Diatyposis" * "Thesaurus rerum selectarum" * "Aphorismi thesum selectarum"

References

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