Jacob Milich

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Portrait engraving. Credit: Wellcome Library

Jacob (or Jakob) Milich (also Mühlich; January 24, 1501 – November 10, 1559) was a

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He was born in

professor of mathematics. His most important student there was Erasmus Reinhold.[2] Among his works was a 1535 commentary on the second book of Pliny the Elder
. He became Dean of the Wittenberg university's philosophical and medical branches, then served as Rector of the school on several occasions. He died in Wittenberg. Jacob Milich had one son.

The crater Milichius on the Moon is named after him.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Jakob Milich - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
  2. ^ "Jakob Milich - the Mathematics Genealogy Project".
  3. ^ "Lunar Craters Statistics". Archived from the original on 2007-11-02. Retrieved 2007-12-20.