Rudolff [Rudolf], Christoff

1. Dates

Born: fl

Died: --

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan:

2. Father

Occupation: Unknown

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Jauer, Silesia [now Poland]

Career: Vienna, Austria

Death: Vienna, Austria

4. Education

Schooling: Vienna

He learned algebra from Grammateus at the University of Vienna, probably some time between 1517 and 1521. With information so sketchy, anything is possible, but no degree is mentioned.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Catholic (assumed).

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Mathematics

7. Means of Support

Primary: Schoolmastering

In Vienna, he supported himself by giving private lessons. Though not affiliated with the university, he was able to use its library.

8. Patronage

Type: Eccesiastic Official

He dedicated his Coss (1525) to the Bishop of Brixen (now Bressanone, Italy).

9. Technological Involvement

Type: Applied Mathematics

His Künstliche Rechnung mit der Ziffer und mit den Zahlpfennigen (1526) contains an "Exempelbüchlein" which contains examples of the use of mathematics in commerce and manufacturing.

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. Cantor, Allgemeine deutsche Biographie, 29, 571-2.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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