Scultetus, Bartholomäus

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Name
Scultetus, Bartholomäus Gender: M
born on 14 May 1540 Jul.Cal. (24 May 1540 greg.) at 00:45 (= 12:45 AM )
Place Görlitz, Germany, 51n09, 14e59
Timezone LMT m14e59 (is local mean time)
Data source
Bio/autobiography
Rodden Rating B
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_gemcol.18.gif 02°22' s_mo.18.gif s_vircol.18.gif 12°18 Asc.s_aqucol.18.gif 21°44'



Bartholomäus Scultetus (Plaque, Brüderstraße, in Görlitz)
photo: OTFW, Berlin, license gfdl

Biography

German polymath; a mayor of Görlitz, astronomer, cartographer and compiler of biblical chronologies. He knew Tycho Brahe and was visited by Johannes Kepler. He conferred with Rabbi Loew, the famous Prague Kabbalist. He died on 21 June 1614 in Görlitz.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • associate relationship with Brahe, Tycho (born 14 December 1546 Jul.Cal. (24 Dec 1546 greg.))
  • associate relationship with Kepler, Johannes (born 27 December 1571 Jul.Cal. (6 Jan 1572 greg.))

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 21 June 1614 Jul.Cal. (1 July 1614 greg.)
    chart Placidus Equal_H.

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes "Geschichte von Görlitz" by C. G. Theodor Neumann (E. Remer, 1850), p. 361: "Bartholomäus Schulz ... geboren, am 14. Mai 1540 Nachts ¾1 Uhr."

Translation: Bartholomew Schulz ... born on 14 May 1540 at ¾1 o'clock in the night [12:45am].

Categories

  • Vocation : Humanities+Social Sciences : Geography (Cartographer)
  • Vocation : Politics : Public office (Mayor of Görlitz)
  • Vocation : Science : Astronomy (Astronomer)
  • Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor (Compiler of biblical chronologies)