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Rothmann, Christoph, active 16th century

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Personal name headingRothmann, Christoph, active 16th century
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Variant(s)Rothmann, Christoph, 16th cent.
Rothmannus, Christophorus, active 16th century
Beginning date15
Place of birthBernburg (Germany)
Profession or occupationAstronomers
Found inBrahe, T. Tychonis Brahe Dani Epistolarum astronomicarum libri, 1601: p. 31, etc. (Christophorus Rothmannus Bernburgensis)
ADB (Rothmann, Christoph; astronomer; b. and d. at Bernburg, the dates unknown; still living in 1599; a 1608 publication was called posthumous)
SpringerReference, viewed Mar. 25, 2014 (Rothmann, Christoph; born Bernburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany), circa 1560; died possibly in Bernburg, circa 1600; one of the most outstanding astronomers of the 16th century, but ... scant information on Rothmann's life; his enrollment at the University of Wittenberg on 1 August 1575 is authenticated)