Title

'Clavius', (1538-1612), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'Clavius', (1538-1612), 1830. Christopher Clavius (1538-1612) Jesuit German mathematician and astronomer, modified the proposal for the Gregorian calendar a From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

Date

1830

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F36_048

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

64,6Mb (2,8Mb) / 14,4in x 17,4in / 4325 x 5217 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany portrait people male man men hat religious German arts country religion science book guy astronomy clothes Christianity dress text location Catholic Catholicism century Roman Catholic maths mathematics clothing literature concept calendar arithmetic B&W one person cloak titled 19th century black & white black and white Roman Catholicism 16th century astronomer nineteenth century sixteenth century historic The Print Collector Jesuit mathematician illustration engraving portrait Unknown Christopher Howard Richard Thomas Griffin Alfred T Company Gregorian calendar Christopher Clavius Clavius Cumming Thomas Tegg Tegg T Tegg & Son Tegg & Son J Biographical Illustrations Alfred Howard Richard Griffin and Company R Griffin and Co Richard Griffin and Charles Griffin Griffin and Company J Cumming