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Johann Baptist Cysat

Swiss mathematician and astronomer
Johann Baptist Cysat was a Swiss Jesuit mathematician and astronomer, after whom the lunar crater Cysatus is named. He was born in Lucerne, as the eighth of 14 children, to cartographer, historian and folklorist Renward Cysat. In 1604, Cysat... Wikipedia
Born: May 12, 1585, Lucerne, Switzerland
Died: March 3, 1657 (age 71 years), Lucerne, Switzerland