Gemma Frisius
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gemma
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Seventeen Provinces
- Place of birth
- Dokkum
- Place of death
- Leuven
- Child
- Cornelius Gemma
- Occupation
- publisher
- Position held
- full professor
- Educated at
- Old University of Leuven
- Employer
- Old University of Leuven
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Student of
- Pierre de Corte
- Doctoral student
- Johannes Stadius
- Image
- Gemma Reinier Phrysius. Line engraving by E. de Boulonois, 1 Wellcome V0004651.jpg
- Work location
- Leuven
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- Commons category
- Gemma Frisius
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1508-12-09
- medical condition
- clubfoot
- name in native language
- Jemme Reinierszoon
- date of death
- 1955-05-25
- cause of death
- kidney failure
- Commons Creator page
- Gemma Frisius
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- significant person
- Johannes Dantiscus
- birth name
- Regnier Gemma
- social classification
- orphan
- P13311
- student cap
- floruit
- 1526-00-00
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Works in European collections
3 objects attributed to Gemma Frisius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Arithmeticae practicae methodus facilis
Cosmographicus liber Petri Apiani mathamatici.
Libro de la Cosmographía de Pedro Apiano, el qual trata de la descripción del Mundo, y sus partes, por muy claro y lindo artificio, augmentado por el doctíssimo Gemma Frisio... con otros dos libros del dicho Gemma, de la materia misma.
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Encyclopedic overview
Gemma Frisius, (Maarten van Heemskerck, c. 1540–1545)
Gemma Frisius (/ˈfrɪziəs/; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508 – May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation. Gemma's rings, an astronomical instrument, are named after him. Along with Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius, Frisius is often considered one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography, and significantly helped lay the foundations for the school's golden age (approximately 1570s–1670s).
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