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Georg Joachim Rheticus

1514 - 1574

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Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus (; 16 February 1514 – 4 December 1574), was a mathematician, astronomer, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Joachim Rheticus has received more than 120,347 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Georg Joachim Rheticus is the 14th most popular geographer (up from 23rd in 2019), the 154th most popular biography from Austria (up from 290th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Geographer.

Georg Joachim Rheticus is most famous for being the first person to publish a book about Nicolaus Copernicus's heliocentric theory.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 14 out of 86. Before him are Carl Ritter, Abraham Ortelius, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Martin Waldseemüller, Wladimir Köppen, and Ya'qubi. After him are George Everest, Pomponius Mela, Ibn Khordadbeh, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, and James Lovelock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1514, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 4. Before him are Andreas Vesalius, Tahmasp I, and John Knox. After him are Philibert de l'Orme, Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, Claude Goudimel, Thomas Culpeper, Hai Rui, Baba Nobuharu, and Virgil Solis. Among people deceased in 1574, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 5. Before him are Selim II, Giorgio Vasari, Charles IX of France, and Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. After him are Bartolomeo Eustachi, Renée of France, Maarten van Heemskerck, Ebussuud Efendi, Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry, Charles, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Marie of Cleves, Princess of Condé.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 154 out of 1,424. Before him are Leopold III, Duke of Austria (1351), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Helmut Marko (1943), Heinz Fischer (1938), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), and Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529). After him are Hans Selye (1907), Archduke Ludwig Viktor of Austria (1842), Leopold V, Duke of Austria (1157), Angela Hitler (1883), Otto Weininger (1880), and Rudolf I of Bohemia (1281).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Austria

Among geographers born in Austria, Georg Joachim Rheticus ranks 1. 

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