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Petrus Apianus

1495 - 1552

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Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. His work on "cosmography", the field that dealt with the earth and its position in the universe, was presented in his most famous publications, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524). His books were extremely influential in his time, with the numerous editions in multiple languages being published until 1609. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petrus Apianus has received more than 120,847 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Petrus Apianus is the 93rd most popular astronomer (down from 88th in 2019), the 1,108th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,119th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Astronomer.

Petrus Apianus is most famous for his publication of the first star map in 1540.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Petrus Apianus ranks 93 out of 644. Before him are Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Edward Emerson Barnard, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., Girolamo Fracastoro, Johann Palisa, and Karl Ludwig Hencke. After him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, Johann Elert Bode, Wilhelm Tempel, Cornelis Johannes van Houten, and Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1495, Petrus Apianus ranks 4. Before him are Cuauhtémoc, Francesco II Sforza, and John of God. After him are Enrique of Malacca, Clément Marot, Jan van Scorel, Barbara Zápolya, Louis X, Duke of Bavaria, Giampietrino, Nicolas Gombert, and Luigi Alamanni. Among people deceased in 1552, Petrus Apianus ranks 5. Before him are Francis Xavier, Katharina von Bora, Sebastian Münster, and Basil Fool for Christ. After him are Paolo Giovio, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Olaus Petri, Guru Angad, Andreas Osiander, Antonio de Mendoza, and Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Petrus Apianus ranks 1,108 out of 7,253. Before him are Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine (1617), Veit Stoss (1450), Lothar von Richthofen (1894), Gottfried Feder (1883), and Henry Suso (1295). After him are Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse (1777), Prince Henry of Prussia (1862), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Lale Andersen (1905), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (1912).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Germany

Among astronomers born in Germany, Petrus Apianus ranks 15. Before him are Johann Bayer (1572), Johann Franz Encke (1791), Simon Marius (1573), Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793), Walter Baade (1893), and David Fabricius (1564). After him are Johann Adam Schall von Bell (1591), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Johann Elert Bode (1747), Wilhelm Tempel (1821), Reinhard Genzel (1952), and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813).

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