Wednesday 5 February 2014

Astronomy Scrapbook Thursday 6th February 2014

On This Day
February 6th 1612 death of Christophorus Clavius



Christophorus Clavius was a German mathematician and astronomer, he observed the solar eclipse of 1567 and was an adviser to pope Gregory XIII when the Gregorian calendar was introduced in 1582.

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