About Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh
Lived 1499 – 1531 (aged 31–32). Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh was a pedagogue, scholar, humanist, astrologer and mathematician.
Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh (Joachimus Fortius Ringelbergius) (Antwerp, c. 1499 – c. 1531) was a Flemish scholar, humanist, mathematician and astrologer.
His Lucubrationes vel potius absolutissima kyklopaideia (Basileae: Westhemer, 1588) was the first work to use a version of the word "cyclopaedia" in its title.
He is known also for his book on pedagogy, De Ratione Studii.
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Who was Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh?
Flemish scholar
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Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh was born in 1499 in Antwerp.
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Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh died in 1531.
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Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh was a pedagogue, scholar, humanist, astrologer and mathematician.
What nationality was Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh?
Joachim Sterck van Ringelbergh's recorded nationality: County of Flanders.
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