Pitiscus, Bartholomeo

1. Dates

Born: Gruenberg, Silesia, 24 Aug 1561

Died: Heidelberg, 2 July 1613

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan: 52

2. Father

Occupation: No Information

The only thing said about the parents is that they were

poor.

3. Nationality

Birth: Gruenberg, Silesia

Career: Germany

Death: Heidelberg, Germany

4. Education

Schooling: Heidelberg

He studied Calvinist theology in Zerbst and Heidelberg. A degree is not mentioned, however likely it may appear.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Calvinist

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Mathematics

7. Means of Support

Primary: Patronage

He was court chaplin at Breslau.

c. 1584, he taught and then became court chaplain and court preacher to Elector Frederick IV of the Palatinate.

8. Patronage

Type: Court Official

His major patron was obviously Frederick IV. Pitiscus calls him his "Herr" in the preface to the Thesaurus mathematicus.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. Allegemeine Deutsche Biographie, 26, (Leipzig, 1888), 204-5.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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