Name

Wilhelm Schickard

Original name

Main activity

Mathematician

Secondary activity

Astronomer, Orientalist

Title

Name variations

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Education place

Tübingen

Education institution

University of Tübingen

Activity place

Tübingen

Activity institution

University of Tübingen

Activity start date

Activity end date

Place of birth

Herrenberg (Würtemberg)

Date of birth

1592

Place of death

Tübingen

Date of death

1635

Bibliographical references

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In addition to his work on mathematics and astronomy (Schickard was a friend of the great astronomer Johannes Kepler and became professor of astronomy in Tübingen in 1631), he was an accomplished Hebraist (and professor of Hebrew since 1618) with broad orientalist interests. Schickard had also taught himself Arabic and was a serious student of the Qur'an. He owned several Qur’an mss.

Entry author

Asaph Ben Tov