Peuker, Peucker is the

German surname Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (''Vorname'', plural ''Vornamen'') and a surname (''Nachname, Familienname''). The ''Vorname'' is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the " Western or ...

of *

Caspar Peucer Caspar Peucer ( , ; June 1, 1525 – September 25, 1602) was a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin. Personal life Early life Caspar Peucer was born on June 1, 1525, in Bautzen, (Sachsen, Germany) and died on Septembe ...

(or ''Peucker'') (1525,

Bautzen Bautzen () or Budyšin () is a hill-top town in eastern Saxony, Germany, and the administrative centre of the district of Bautzen. It is located on the Spree river. In 2018 the town's population was 39,087. Until 1868, its German name was ''Budis ...

– 1602), reformer, mathematician, astronomer, medic, diplomat and writer * Nicolaus ''(Nikolaus)'' Peucker ''(Peuker)'' (1620, Kolbnitz bei Jauer ( pl, Chełmiec), Silesia – 1674), German poet * Eduard von Peucker (1791, Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge ( pl,

Kowary Kowary (german: Schmiedeberg im Riesengebirge) is a town in Jelenia Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland, with a population of around 11,000. It lies approximately south-east of Jelenia Góra, and south-west of the ...

) – 1876), Prussian General of Infantry

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