Jost Bürgi
Swiss clockmaker
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Jost Bürgi, active primarily at the courts in Kassel and Prague, was a Swiss clockmaker, a maker of astronomical instruments and a mathematician. Wikipedia
Born: February 28, 1552, Lichtensteig, Switzerland
Died: January 31, 1632 (age 79 years), Kassel, Germany
Parents: Lienz Bürgi
Known for: Logarithms