Albert Curtz
Albert Curtz (Curtius in
Society of Jesus. He expanded on the works of Tycho Brahe and used the pseudonym of Lucius Barrettus.[1]
Background
The Latin version of the name Albert Curtz, Albertus Curtius is an anagram of his pseudonym, Lucius Barretus.[2]
Together with
Jean-Baptiste Riccioli, he contributed to our early understanding of the Moon.[citation needed
]
He published Historia coelestis [ex libris commentariis manuscriptis observationum vicennalium viri generosi Tichonis Brahe] and Augustae Vindelicorum, Simonem Utzschneiderum in 1666.[citation needed]
The crater Curtius on the Moon was named after him.[3]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-387-31022-0. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
- ^ Nobre, Sérgio R. (2007). "UM "DICIONÁRIO BIOGRÁFICO DE MATEMÁTICOS" DENTRE OS VERBETES DA ENCICLOPÉDIA ALEMÃ DO SÉCULO XVIII" (PDF) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 27, 2014.
- JSTOR 629594.
See also
- List of Jesuit scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
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