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Andreas Osiander (1498-1552), German Lutheran theologian, [17th century]. Osiander was Professor of Theology at Konigsberg and was responsible for seeing through the press Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' ('On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres') and in 1543 was able to present the author with a copy on his deathbed .
Andreas Osiander (1498-1552), German Lutheran theologian, [17th century]. Osiander was Professor of Theology at Konigsberg and was responsible for seeing through the press Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' ('On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres') and in 1543 was able to present the author with a copy on his deathbed .
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