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Nicholas Mercator

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German mathematician (c.1620 - 1687)

AcademicsLived 1620 to 1687 · aged 67
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Nicholas (Nikolaus) Mercator, also known by his German name Kauffmann, was a 17th-century mathematician.

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Institutionum astronomicarum libri, 1685Institutionum astronomicarum libri, 1685

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Fellow of the Royal Society

Academics born in the 1620s 6

William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker49.8François Turrettini47.5François Bernier50.5Pietro Mengoli46.9Arnold Geulincx50.6Samuel Morland46.1

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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1620 to 1687 · aged 67
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24 languages

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