Melchior Inchofer or Imhofer, in Hungarian: Inchofer Menyhért was an Austrian-Hungarian Jesuit. He played an important part in the trial of Galileo, by his arguments, later published in his Tractatus Syllepticus, that Galileo was an advocate of the Copernican system.
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Melchior Inchofer or Imhofer, in Hungarian: Inchofer Menyhért was an Austrian-Hungarian Jesuit. He played an important part in the trial of Galileo, by his arguments, later published in his Tractatus Syllepticus, that Galileo was an advocate of the Copernican system. His role in the Galileo affair is being reassessed in the light of fresh documentary evidence.
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Lived 1585 to 1648 · aged 63
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