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Aug 31, 1451
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was born 1451 Aug 31. Born as is Amerigo Vespucci. He was also an explorer. He was an eventor. -
Feb 19, 1473
Nicolas Copernicus
Born: February 19, 1473, Toruń. Died: May 24, 1543, Frombork. Education: University of Padua (1501 – 1503). Nationality: German, Polish. Parents: Barbara Koppernigk, Niklas Koppernigk. Nicolaus Copernicus was a Polish Renaissance mathematician and astronomer who formulated a comprehensive heliocentric model which placed the Sun, rather than the Earth, at the center of the universe -
Sep 24, 1501
Girolamo Cardano's
Born September 24 1501, Died September 21 1576. Nationality Italian. Fields mathematics and medicine. Known for Algerbra. Gerolamo Cardano was an Italian Renaissance mathematician, physician, astrologer and gambler. He wrote more than 200 works on medicine, mathematics, physics, philosophy, religion, and music -
Feb 16, 1514
Georg Joachim Rheticus
Born February 16 1514, Died December 4, 1574. Education: Charles University in Prague, University of Zurich, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. Georg Joachim de Porris, also known as Rheticus, was a mathematician, cartographer, navigational-instrument maker, medical practitioner, and teacher. He is perhaps best known for his trigonometric tables and as Nicolaus Copernicus's sole pupil. -
Feb 15, 1564
Galileo Galilei
Born February 15 1564, Died January 8 1642. Education: University of Pisa. Education: University of Pisa. Galileo Galilei, was an Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who played a major role in the Scientific Revolution -
Jan 12, 1579
Jan Baptista van Helmont
Born: January 12, 1579, Brussels, Died: December 30, 1644, Vilvoorde. Jan Baptist van Helmont was an early modern period Flemish chemist, physiologist, and physician. He worked during the years just after Paracelsus and iatrochemistry, and is sometimes considered to be "the founder of pneumatic chemistry -
John Wilkins
Born: January 1, 1614, Fawsley, Died: November 19, 1672, London. John Wilkins FRS was an English clergyman, natural philosopher and author, as well as a founder of the Invisible College and one of the founders of the Royal Society, and Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death -
Jean Picard
Born July 21 1620,La Flèche, Died: July 12, 1682, Paris. Jean-Félix Picard was a French astronomer and priest born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand -
Gabriele Falloppio
Born 1523 Modena, Octoboer 9 1562 Pudua. Education: University of Ferrara. Gabriele Falloppio, often known by his Latin name Fallopius, was one of the most important anatomists and physicians of the sixteenth century. He was born at Modena and died at Padua
