Georg von Purbach
(1423–1461) Austrian astronomer and mathematicianPurbach (or Peurbach) took his name from his birthplace in Austria. He had traveled in Italy and studied under Nicholas of Cusa before becoming ...
Regiomontanus
Name by which Johann Müller (1436–76), German astronomer and mathematician, was known. His tutor, the Austrian mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peurbach (1423–61), had begun a Latin translation ...