Gemma Frisius, born Jemme Reinerszoon at Dokkum in Friesland on 9 December 1508 and dead on 25 May 1555, was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher and instrument maker. He studied at the Old University of Leuven from 1525, qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1536 and remained on its faculty for the rest of his life, teaching medicine alongside mathematics, astronomy and geography. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation, and the astronomical instrument known as Gemma's rings is named after him. With Gerardus Mercator and Abraham Ortelius he is regarded as one of the founders of the Netherlandish school of cartography.
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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508 – May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508, May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508, May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
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He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day and applied mathematics in new ways to surveying and navigation.
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Gemma Frisius (; born Jemme Reinerszoon; December 9, 1508, May 25, 1555) was a Dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker.
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Muñoz then left Paris and went to Leuven to study under Gemma Frisius, a professor of medicine at the University of Leuven.
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After receiving his education at the Latin school of Brecht, Stadius studied mathematics, geography, and history at the Old University of Leuven, where one of his teachers was Gemma Frisius.
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