Nicholas Mercator
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nikolaus Mercator, Nicholas Kauffmann, Nikolaus Kauffman, Niklaus Kauffmann, Mercator, Nicolai Mercatoris
German mathematician (c.1620 – 1687)
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Nikolaus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Holy Roman Empire
- Place of birth
- Eutin
- Place of death
- Versailles
- Occupation
- musicologist
- Educated at
- Leiden University
- Employer
- University of Copenhagen
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Notable work
- Mercator series
- Field of work
- celestial mechanics
- Image
- Nicolaus Mercator Logarithmotechnia.png
- Work location
- London
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- date of death
- 1687-01-14
- date of birth
- 1620-01-01
- member of
- Royal Society
- Commons category
- Nikolaus Mercator
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- name in native language
- Niklaus Kauffman
- birth name
- Niklaus Kauffman
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