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Johannes Hevelius

Portrait
Name:Johannes Hevelius
Name variants:Jan Gevelij; Johann Hewel; Hoewelke
Gender:male
Born:Danzig (Gdańsk)
Died:Danzig (Gdańsk)
Father:Abraham Hoewelke (? - 1649)
Mother:Cordula Hecker (? - ?)

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Relation Modifier Date startDate end
Artistic
portrayed by Andreas Stech
Friendship
contributed to the album amicorum of Marcus Pels

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Secondary sources

  1. Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, Den Haag: RKD Images, 231036, 233910 & 234364
  2. Zuidervaart, Huib, 'Jacob Ouseel ['Oiselius'] (1631-1686). A versatile book collector, telescope maker and dubious scholar from the Netherlands', in: Hamel, J. & Korey, M. (eds.) Weiter sehen/Seeing further. Beiträge zur Frühgeschichte des Fernrohrs und zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte Augsburgs / Essays on the early history of the telescope and history of science in Augsburg, Frankfurt: Harri Deutsch (2013), pp. 161-190, 169-170
  3. Szanser, A. J., 'Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) - Astronomer of Polish Kings', Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 17 (1976), pp. 488-498