Christoph Scheiner, born in Markt Wald near Mindelheim in Swabia on 25 July 1573 or 1575 and dead on 18 June 1650, was a Jesuit priest, physicist and astronomer in Ingolstadt. He attended the Jesuit grammar school in Augsburg, entered the Jesuit order at Landsberg am Lech on 26 October 1595 and studied philosophy, including metaphysics and mathematics, at Ingolstadt from 1598 to 1601. In 1603 he invented the pantograph, an instrument that duplicates plans and drawings to an adjustable scale, which brought him such celebrity that Duke William V of Bavaria invited him to Munich to demonstrate it. From 1603 to 1605 he taught humanities at the Jesuit grammar school in Dillingen, which earned him the title Magister Artium.
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== Biography == === Augsburg/Dillingen: 1591–1605 === Scheiner was born in Markt Wald near Mindelheim in Swabia, earlier margravate Burgau, possession of the House of
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MacTutor Home Biographies History Topics Map Curves Search Christoph Scheiner Quick Info Born 25 July 1573 Markt Wald, near Mindelheim in Swabia (now in Germany) Died 18 July 1650 Neisse, Silesia Summary Christoph Scheiner was a German Jesuit priest,
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== Biography == === Augsburg/Dillingen: 1591-1605 === Scheiner was born in Markt Wald near Mindelheim in Swabia, earlier margravate Burgau, possession of the House of
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He spent the years 1598-1601 in Ingolstadt studying philosophy (metaphysics and mathematics).
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After 1609-1610 he left his place to his pupil Christoph Scheiner and moved to Munich, where he died in 1638.
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