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Dasypodius [Rauchfuss], Cunradus
- 1. Dates
- Born: Switzerland, 1530
- Died: Germany, 1600
- Dateinfo: Birth Uncertain
- Lifespan: 70
- 2. Father
- Occupation: Academic, Cleric
- Peter Dasypodius taught in Sturm's gymnasium in Strasburg and held church positions.
- No information on financial status.
- 3. Nationality
- Birth: Swiss
- Career: German
- Death: German
- 4. Education
- Schooling: Strassburg
- Studied with Christian Herlinus at the famous academy of Johannes Sturm in Strasbourg. (For the time being, I am considering the academy as a university; if it matters, I will try to learn more about it.) Although it is not specifically mentioned, I take him to have had the equivalent of a B.A.
- 5. Religion
- Affiliation: Calvinist
- His father, the Swiss humanist Petrus Dasypodius, is described as "reformed" in the Neue Deutsche Biographie.
- Sturm was a prominent reformer.
- 6. Scientific Disciplines
- Primary: Mathematics
- Subordinate: Astronomy, Mechanics
- He published extensively on mathematics, at the textbook level. He also did some astronomy and he translated Hero's Automata into Latin and drew upon it for the famous clock.
- 7. Means of Support
- Primary: Academia
- From 1558, Professor at the academy of Johannes Sturm. I am treating this as university level.
- 8. Patronage
- Types: Aristrocrat, Government Official, Physician
- He dedicated his mathematical work of 1570 to the Landgraf of Alsace.
- In a dedication Dasyposius thanked the personal physician of the Emperor and a councillor of the Emperor for their assistance.
- He dedicated a work of 1572 to a royal councillor in Paris.
- He dedicated another work of 1572 to Peter Ramus.
- 9. Technological Involvement
- Type: Instruments
- 1571-4, designed the famous clock in the cathedral at Strasbourg.
- 10. Scientific Societies
- Memberships: None
- He knew and corresponded with Ramus.
- Sources
- Wilhelm Schmidt, "Heron von Alexandria, Konrad Dasypodius und die Strasburger astronomische Muensteruhr," Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik, 8 (1898), 175-194. (Supplement to vol. 42 of Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik.) A.G. Kaestner, Geschichte der Mathematik, 4 vols. (Goettingen, 1796-1800), 1, 332-45. Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, 4, 764.
- Not Available and Not Consulted
- J.G.L. Blumhof, Etwas vom alten Mathematiker C. Dasypodius, (Goettingen, 1796).
- Compiled by:
- Richard S. Westfall
- Department of History and Philosophy of Science
- Indiana University
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