Jost Bürgi

1552–1632

Swiss clockmaker, maker of astronomical instruments and mathematician (1552-1632)

astronomer · watchmaker · mathematician

Born in Lichtensteig

Contemporaries

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• William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
• René Descartes (1596–1650)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669)
• Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603)
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
• Johannes Kepler (1572–1630)

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