Tiedemann Giese

Tiedemann Giese
Tiedemann Giese, around 1525–1530, painting by Hans Schenck
Born1 June 1480
Danzig (Gdańsk), Kingdom of Poland
Died23 October 1550(1550-10-23) (aged 70)
Lidzbark (Heilsberg)
Occupation(s)Theologian author, Bishop of Chełmno, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland)
Notable work
  • Antilogikon flosculorum Lutheranorum, 1523
  • Anacrisis nominis Jesus, 1542
  • De Regno Christi

Tiedemann Giese (1 June 1480 – 23 October 1550), was Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno) first canon, later Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) whose interest in mathematics, astronomy, and theology led him to mentor a number of important young scholars, including Copernicus. He was a prolific writer and correspondent, publishing a number of works on the reformation of the church. Tiedemann was a member of the patrician Giese family of Danzig (Gdańsk). The Giese family ancestors originated from Unna in Westphalia, near Dortmund.[1] His father was Albrecht Giese and his younger brother, the Hanseatic League merchant Georg Giese.

  1. ^ Anneliese Triller (1964), "Giese, Tiedemann Bartholomäus", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 6, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 379–379; (full text online)