Caspar Peucer

Caspar Peucer
Caspar Peucer
Born	January 6, 1525 Bautzen
Died	September 25, 1602 Dessau
Nationality	German
Fields	Mathematics, astronomy, and medicine
Academic advisors	Erasmus Reinhold Georg Joachim Rheticus
Notable students	Tycho Brahe Johannes Praetorius Salomon Alberti

Caspar Peucer (pronounced /ˈbɔɪkər/, German: [ˈbɔɪkɐ]; January 6, 1525 – September 25, 1602) a German reformer, physician, and scholar of Sorbian origin.

Born in Bautzen, Peucer studied mathematics, astronomy, and medicine at the University of Wittenberg from 1540. In 1543, he became a lodger in the house of one of the most famous professors in Wittenberg, the theologian and humanist Philipp Melanchthon, whose daughter Magdalena he married in 1550. In 1554, he became professor of mathematics at the University of Wittenberg, and in 1560 professor of medicine, leading the Wittenberg faculty in that field. Until 1574, he also served several times as dean and rector. In spite of his medical profession — in 1570, he became even personal physician to the Elector of Saxony — he was, after the death of Melanchthon, one of the leading Protestants in Saxony.

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