Cornelis de Schepper, also called Cornelis Duplicius de Schepper or Scepperus, lived from about 1503 to 1555 and was a Flemish mathematician, counsellor and ambassador born at Nieuwpoort in Flanders. His grandfather was vice-admiral of Flanders, and he studied in Paris and at the Collegium Trilingue of Louvain, where he also read philosophy, jurisprudence and mathematics. In 1523 he published in Antwerp a mathematical treatise against astrologers on the significance of the conjunctions of the superior planets of 1524, which established his reputation. He entered the service of Christian II of Denmark and later acted as counsellor and ambassador for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Ferdinand I of Austria and Mary of Hungary.
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He is also known by his Latin name Scepperus. == Early life == He was born in Nieuwpoort, Flanders probably in 1503.
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He is also known by his Latin name Scepperus. == Early life == He was born in Nieuwpoort, Flanders probably in 1503.
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Cornelis de Schepper, Cornelis Duplicius de Schepper or Cornelius de Schepper (1503?-1555) was a Flemish mathematician, counselor and ambassador for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Ferdinand I of Austria and Mary of Hungary, governor of the Netherlands.
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He is also known by his Latin name Scepperus. == Early life == He was born in Nieuwpoort, Flanders probably in 1503.
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Cornelis de Schepper, Cornelis Duplicius de Schepper or Cornelius de Schepper (1503?-1555) was a Flemish mathematician, counselor and ambassador for the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Ferdinand I of Austria and Mary of Hungary, governor of the Netherlands.
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