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a Jesuit German mathematician, a member of the Vatican commission that accepted the proposed calendar invented by Aloysius Lilius, that is known as Gregorian calendar.
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Born
25 March 1538 Bamberg, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
Died
6 February 1612 (aged 73) Rome, Papal States
Nationality
German
Known for
Gregorian calendar, Clavius' Law
Fields
Mathematician, astronomer
Alma mater
University of Coimbra
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Italy
era
1400-1600
Influences
Euclid Pedro da Fonseca Pedro Nunes