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Philippus Lansbergius
Johan Philip Lansberge (25 August 1561 – 8 December 1632) was a Flemish Calvinist Minister (Christianity), Minister, astronomer and Mathematician. His name is sometimes written Lansberg, and his first name is sometimes given as Philip or Johannes Philippus. He published under the Latin name Philippus Lansbergius. He is best known as the author of a set of astronomical tables, ''Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuæ'', for predicting planetary positions. These were later found to contain certain errors, in part because he (erroneously) did not accept Johannes Kepler, Kepler's discovery of elliptical orbits. He served as a Protestant clergyman. Martinus Hortensius was one of his students, and Landsberge subsequently collaborated with his former pupil. He was born in Ghent in modern-day Belgium in 1561. He grew up in France and studied in England. After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, he moved to the northern part of the Netherlands. He stayed in Leiden for a short time, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Van Lansberge
Johan Philip Lansberge (25 August 1561 – 8 December 1632) was a Flemish Calvinist Minister (Christianity), Minister, astronomer and Mathematician. His name is sometimes written Lansberg, and his first name is sometimes given as Philip or Johannes Philippus. He published under the Latin name Philippus Lansbergius. He is best known as the author of a set of astronomical tables, ''Tabulae motuum coelestium perpetuæ'', for predicting planetary positions. These were later found to contain certain errors, in part because he (erroneously) did not accept Johannes Kepler, Kepler's discovery of elliptical orbits. He served as a Protestant clergyman. Martinus Hortensius was one of his students, and Landsberge subsequently collaborated with his former pupil. He was born in Ghent in modern-day Belgium in 1561. He grew up in France and studied in England. After the Fall of Antwerp in 1585, he moved to the northern part of the Netherlands. He stayed in Leiden for a short time, and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
