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Stöffler, Johannes

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Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers

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Stoeflerus

Born Justingen, (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), 10 December 1452

Died Blaubeuren, (Baden-Württemberg, Germany), 16 February 1531

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Stöffler, Johannes. Courtesy of History of Science Collections, University of Oklahoma Libraries, Small Portraits Collection

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Translated by Lorenzo Smerillo.

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  1. Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Graziella Vescovini

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

    Virginia Trimble

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

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  4. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA

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  5. York Univesity, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  8. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel W. E. Green

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Vescovini, G. (2014). Stöffler, Johannes. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_1322

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