In scientific documents published in Latin, his common name Krüger (German for potter or innkeeper)[1] was Latinized and spelled Crüger. (Compared to the frequency of the family name Krüger, the name Crüger is relatively uncommon.)
As a philosopher and poet, Crüger was associated with the poet Johannes Plavius, who in his Institutio Poetica mentions Crüger in the opening letter. Crüger dedicated an extremely laudatory poem to Plavius, which appears in the preface to Plavius' Praecepta logicalia.
At the time of the Thirty Years' War a number of Silesians took refuge in Danzig from the ravages of war in their towns, among them Andreas Gryphius, who, when he studied at the Danzig academy from 1634 to 1636, had Crüger as a teacher[2] and was very much influenced by the famous mathematician and astronomer. Professors Crüger and Mochingert made Gryphius aware of the new style of German-language poetry. Gryphius wrote memorial verses, when in 1638 Crüger's child died. Years earlier Crüger had already developed a great friendship with Martin Opitz, "father of German poetry", who also lived in Danzig.
Crüger published treatises on many scientific subjects and contributed to the progress of trigonometry, geography and astronomy, and to the development of astronomical instruments. In the years 1627 to 1630, Crüger was the teacher of a teenager of the Hewelke family who would become known later as Johannes Hevelius, the astronomer. After Hevelius had returned to Danzig in 1634, the dying Crüger appealed[3][4] to him to pursue astronomy. Hevelius gratefully mentions Crüger in his Machina coelestis.[5]
Peter Krüger, a pioneer of science from old Gdansk
Gelegenheitsdichtung in Danzig (in German)
January 01, 1970
peter, crüger, belgian, film, director, peter, krüger, film, director, peter, krüger, october, 1580, june, 1639, mathematician, astronomer, polymath, teacher, johannes, hevelius, crüger, azimuthal, quadrant, completed, johannes, hevelius, 1644, observer, hevel. For the Belgian film director see Peter Kruger film director Peter Cruger or Peter Kruger 20 October 1580 6 June 1639 was a mathematician astronomer polymath and teacher of Johannes Hevelius Cruger s Azimuthal Quadrant completed by Johannes Hevelius 1644 the observer is Hevelius Contents 1 Life 2 See also 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksLife editCruger was born in Konigsberg Duchy of Prussia a fief of the Kingdom of Poland In scientific documents published in Latin his common name Kruger German for potter or innkeeper 1 was Latinized and spelled Cruger Compared to the frequency of the family name Kruger the name Cruger is relatively uncommon Cruger studied at the universities in Konigsberg Leipzig and Wittenberg graduating from Wittenberg in 1606 Among his teachers were Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler He then moved to the city of Danzig Gdansk in the Kingdom of Poland where he worked for the rest of his life as a professor of poetry and mathematics at the Danziger Akademikum Danzig Academy As a philosopher and poet Cruger was associated with the poet Johannes Plavius who in his Institutio Poetica mentions Cruger in the opening letter Cruger dedicated an extremely laudatory poem to Plavius which appears in the preface to Plavius Praecepta logicalia At the time of the Thirty Years War a number of Silesians took refuge in Danzig from the ravages of war in their towns among them Andreas Gryphius who when he studied at the Danzig academy from 1634 to 1636 had Cruger as a teacher 2 and was very much influenced by the famous mathematician and astronomer Professors Cruger and Mochingert made Gryphius aware of the new style of German language poetry Gryphius wrote memorial verses when in 1638 Cruger s child died Years earlier Cruger had already developed a great friendship with Martin Opitz father of German poetry who also lived in Danzig Cruger published treatises on many scientific subjects and contributed to the progress of trigonometry geography and astronomy and to the development of astronomical instruments In the years 1627 to 1630 Cruger was the teacher of a teenager of the Hewelke family who would become known later as Johannes Hevelius the astronomer After Hevelius had returned to Danzig in 1634 the dying Cruger appealed 3 4 to him to pursue astronomy Hevelius gratefully mentions Cruger in his Machina coelestis 5 He died in Danzig The crater Cruger on the Moon is named after him See also edit nbsp Poetry portal Johannes HeveliusNotes edit Spelled Krueger when the Umlaut diacritic U is not available Palm Hermann 1879 Gryphius Andreas Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German vol 10 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot pp 73 82 here p 74 Selenographia in Latin Geschichte der Mondkarten in German Hevelius Johannes 1673 Machina coelestis vol 1 p 37 in Latin References editMoritz Cantor 1876 Peter Cruger Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie in German vol 4 Leipzig Duncker amp Humblot p 625External links editPeter Kruger a pioneer of trigonometry Peter Kruger a pioneer of science from old Gdansk Gelegenheitsdichtung in Danzig in German Biography of Peter Kruger 1580 1639 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter Cruger amp oldid 1161565993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
