Andreas Cellarius
circa 1595-1665
Andreas Cellarius was a Dutch-German mathematician and cosmographer born around 1595 in Neuhausen, near Worms, Germany. He is best known for his Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660), a cosmographical atlas.
Sometime before 1625 Cellarius settled in Amsterdam; in 1630 he moved to The Hague where he served as a schoolmaster. Later he moved to Hoorn, to become the rector of a school there. Cellarius died in 1665.
Sometime before 1625 Cellarius settled in Amsterdam; in 1630 he moved to The Hague where he served as a schoolmaster. Later he moved to Hoorn, to become the rector of a school there. Cellarius died in 1665.
"Andreas Cellarius (c. 1595 – 1665) A Bio-Bibliography," Universiteit Utrecht, Webpages on the History of Astronomy
by Robert Harry van Gent, http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/cellarius/cellarius.htm (accessed 09/02/2014)
by Robert Harry van Gent, http://www.phys.uu.nl/~vgent/cellarius/cellarius.htm (accessed 09/02/2014)