David Gans, born in Lippstadt in 1541 and dead in Prague in 1613, was a German-Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer, author of the chronicle Tzemach David of 1592. He studied rabbinical literature in Bonn and Frankfurt and in Kraków under Moses Isserles, then attended lectures of the Maharal of Prague and his brother Sinai, who encouraged his turn to mathematics and astronomy. He settled in Prague about 1564, where he met Kepler and Tycho Brahe, took part in observations at the observatory and was charged by Tycho with translating the Alfonsine Tables from Hebrew into German. He was the first influential Jewish writer to reconcile Copernicanism.
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David Gans (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה גנז; 1541 – 25 August 1613), also known as Rabbi Dovid Solomon Ganz, was a German-Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer.
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David Gans (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה גנז; 1541-25 August 1613), also known as Rabbi Dovid Solomon Ganz, was a German-Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer.
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David Gans (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה גנז; 1541-25 August 1613), also known as Rabbi Dovid Solomon Ganz, was a German-Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer.
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He is the author of Tzemach David (1592) and therefore also known by this title, the צמח דוד. == Biography == David was born in Lippstadt, in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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David Gans (Hebrew: דָּוִד בֶּן שְׁלֹמֹה גנז; 1541-25 August 1613), also known as Rabbi Dovid Solomon Ganz, was a German-Jewish chronicler, mathematician, historian, astronomer and astrologer.
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