1547 in science
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The year 1547 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Events
- John Dee visits the Low Countries to study navigation with Gemma Frisius.
- The first chair of mathematics at the University of Heidelberg is given to the physician Jacob Curio.
- Charles de Bovelles publishes La Geometrie practique in Paris, with assistance from Oronce Finé.
- Girolamo Gabuccini publishes the first separate treatise on parasitic worms.[1][2]
Births
- February 18 â BahÄʾ al-dÄ«n al-Ê¿ÄmilÄ«, Lebanese-born philosopher and astronomer (died 1621)
- March 1 â Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and polymath (died 1628)
- November 26 â Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and scientist (died 1606)
Deaths
- January 16 â Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (born 1477)
- December 2 â Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer (born 1485)