(16. 2. 1514 Feldkirch, AT – 4. 12. 1574 Kassa, now Košice SK)
Student of Copernicus in Frombork
Professor of mathematics and astronomy, Universität Wittenberg
Studied medicine in Prague, a practicing doctor in Krakow
Credit, Wikipedia. Available online http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Joachim_Rheticus
The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
Available online http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=126827
The MacTutor History of Mathematics.
Available online http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Rheticus.html