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Thomas Fincke

Danish mathematician and physician1561 to 1656

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Teachers and mentors5

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a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Conrad Dasypodius
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Felix Platter
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Giulio Cesare Casseri
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Hieronymus Fabricius
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Theodor Zwinger

Education and career5

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1570 to 1577
Altes Gymnasium
studied
1577 to 1582
University of Strasbourg
studied
1583 to 1587
University of Padua
studied
1583 to 1583
University of Basel
studied
1591 to 1642
University of Copenhagen
worked

At a glance

known as: mathematician, physicist, university teacher, physician
fields: trigonometry, medicine
Wikipedia: in 27 languages

stated by WikidataStated by Wikidata, shown apart from the thesis records.

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaThomas Fincke
stated by WikidataWikidataQ77520
stated by WikidataVIAF35210347
stated by WikidataGND116514272
stated by WikidataIdRef22332471X
stated by WikidataISNI0000000078194459

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q77520,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Thomas Fincke: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q77520},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Thomas Fincke: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q77520