Henry of Langenstein

Henry of Langenstein
Born
Heinrich Heinbuche

c. 1325
Landgraviate of Hesse
Died(1397-02-11)11 February 1397
Vienna, Duchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire
NationalityGerman
Other namesHeinrich von Langenstein
EducationUniversity of Paris (M.A., 1363; M.Th., 1376)[2]
Known forReviving Eudoxus' cosmological model of homocentric spheres[1]
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
InstitutionsUniversity of Paris
University of Vienna
Academic advisorsNicole Oresme[1][2]
Notable studentsJohannes von Gmunden[3]

Henry of Langenstein, also known as Henry of Hesse the Elder (German: Heinrich von Langenstein; born Heinrich Heinbuche; c. 1325 – 11 February 1397), was a German scholastic philosopher, theologian and mathematician.

  1. ^ a b Hockey, Thomas A.; Virginia Trimble; Thomas R. Williams; Katherine Bracher, eds. (2007). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York: Springer. p. 483. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7. ISBN 9780387310220.
  2. ^ a b Dan Burton (ed.), De Visione Stellarum, Brill, 2007, p. 19 n. 8: "Oresme probably received his master of arts degree by 1342 and had become the Grand Master of the College of Navarre in 1356 – having apparently earned his Doctorate in Theology by that time. On the other hand, Henry of Langenstein, who may have been born around the same time as Oresme (Henry, b. 1325), did not finish his master of arts until 1363 and his masters [sic] of theology until 1376. So while they certainly may have been at the University of Paris at the same time, Oresme was definitely the senior of the two."
  3. ^ Hans Rupprich, Hedwig Heger, Die deutsche Literatur vom späten Mittelalter bis zum Barock – Das ausgehende Mittelalter, Humanismus und Renaissance: 1370-1520, C.H. Beck, 1994, p. 464: "Wahrscheinlich nicht mehr unmittelbarer Schüler, wohl aber Fortsetzer der Tradition Langensteins war Johann von Gmunden († 1442), der Begründer der Wiener astronomischen Schule."