History of Astronomy : Persons : Persons (J)

Jordanus de Nemore

[Jordanus Nemorarius; Nemoratius; Le Forestier]

[= Jordanus Saxo; Jordanus of Saxony ?]

Born: before 1200 (?), Borgentreich (?), Germany
Died: 13 February 1237 (?), at sea (near the Syrian coast)

Mathematician

Relation to astronomy: Wrote De plana spera, a treatise on the projection used on the planispheric astrolabe.

Internal documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Short biography, bibliography and references

External documents

Biographies, bibliographies and references

• Very short biography and references (MacTutor Hist. Math.)
• Library of Congress entries

Further links

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Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 28 Jan 1998. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002