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Andreas Osiander

1498 - 1552

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Andreas Osiander (German: [ˈoːziˌandɐ]; 19 December 1498 – 17 October 1552) was a German Lutheran theologian and Protestant reformer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Osiander has received more than 114,893 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Andreas Osiander is the 259th most popular mathematician (down from 255th in 2019), the 1,736th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,715th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Andreas Osiander ranks 259 out of 1,004Before him are Abraham Zacuto, Jean-Robert Argand, Alfred Korzybski, Michael Stifel, Hugo Steinhaus, and Guo Shoujing. After him are Hans Hahn, Adolf Hurwitz, Thomas Simpson, Emil Artin, John Horton Conway, and Jesse Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1498, Andreas Osiander ranks 10Before him are Giovanni dalle Bande Nere, Maarten van Heemskerck, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Giulio Clovio, Sophie of Pomerania, and Andrés de Urdaneta. After him are Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne, Hieronymus Bock, Moretto da Brescia, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, Felix Manz, and Georg I, Count of Württemberg-Mömpelgard. Among people deceased in 1552, Andreas Osiander ranks 10Before him are Basil Fool for Christ, Petrus Apianus, Paolo Giovio, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, and Guru Angad. After him are Antonio de Mendoza, Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg, Pierre Attaingnant, and Qiu Ying.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andreas Osiander ranks 1,736 out of 7,253Before him are Cerdic of Wessex (467), Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria (1905), Richenza of Northeim (1087), Heinrich Marschner (1795), Ludwig Börne (1786), and Margaret Sambiria (1230). After him are Marco Reus (1989), Leopold Gmelin (1788), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Christian Oliver (1972), and Christian Morgenstern (1871).

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Andreas Osiander ranks 31Before him are Constantin Carathéodory (1873), Thomas Abbt (1738), Maria Reiche (1903), Eduard Heine (1821), Edmund Landau (1877), and Michael Stifel (1487). After him are Adolf Hurwitz (1859), Carl David Tolmé Runge (1856), Karl Wilhelm Feuerbach (1800), Michael Maestlin (1550), Wilhelm Ackermann (1896), and Gotthold Eisenstein (1823).