Bayer, Johann

1. Dates

Born: Germany, 1572

Died: Germany, 1625

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan: 53

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Germany

Career: Germany

Death: Germany

4. Education

Schooling: Ingolstadt, Augsburg, L.D.

1592, enrolled at Ingolstadt, later moved to Augsburg. He earned a law degree; I assume B.A.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic assumed.

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Astronomy

7. Means of Support

Primary: Lawyer, Magistrate

Bayer was a lawyer, and amateur astronomer.

1612, appointed legal advisor to city council of Augsburg at an annual salary of 500 gulden.

8. Patronage

Type: City Magistrates

1603, dedicated his Uranometria to two leading citizens of Augsburg and received an honorarium of 150 gulden.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Collaborated with Schiller (Ernst Zinner, Vierteljahrsschrift der astronomischen Gesellschaft, 72 (1937), 64-8.)

Sources

1. Franz Babinger, "Johannes Bayer, der Begruender der neuzeitlichen Sternbenennung," Archiv fuer die Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und die Technik, 5 (1915), 108-113.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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