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Nicholas Kratzer (1487-?1550), Mathematician and astronomer

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A mathematician, astronomer and maker of sundials, Kratzer was appointed the royal astronomer to Henry VIII by 1520. He was a friend of the artists Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein and tutor to Sir Thomas More's household in mathematics and astronomy.

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Nicholas Kratzer

after Hans Holbein the Younger
oil on panel, late 16th century (1528)
NPG 5245

Category
Science
Groups
Astronomers
Mathematicians
Place
Oxfordshire