Browse DSI

Details of the item << Previous Next >>

Last Name Bayer

Given Name Johann

alt. Names J. B. ;

Marriage

Children

Year born 1572 in Rain, Donau-Ries, Germany

Year died 1625

Place of death Augsburg, Germany

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education Latin school in Rain; Gymnasium in Augsburg; since 1592, he studies philosophy & law at Univ. Ingolstadt;

Country of Activity Germany

Worked for J. B.: Uranometria (Augsburg 1603, 51 stellar maps drawn by J. B. & copper-engravings by ->Alexander Mair, see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranometria) ;

Patronage

Collaborators copper engraver -> Alexander Mair for Uranometria (1603), based on data by astronomer Tycho Brahe ;

Techniques astronomical & topographic drawing; during a time in Rome, Italy, also archaeological drawings for an excavation at Via Nomentana

Sample(s) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Bayer#/media/File:Uranometria_orion.jpg

Archival sources http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/astro_atlas/id/118 & http://aa.usno.navy.mil/library/rare/Bayer%201661.htm

Published sources Warner 1979; Whitfield 1995 & 1997: 24; Jürgen Hamel: Die Himmelsvermessung des J.B., Begleitbuch zur Uranometria, Gerchsheim 2010;Picturing the Scientific Revolution. Title Engravings in Early Modern Scientific Publications, Philadelphia 2011: 127–130

other

viaf1 8444563

viaf2

viaf3

Browse DSI

Done!