Athanasius Kircher
Deceased Q76738

Athanasius Kircher

German Jesuit scholar (1601 or 1602-1680)

Born: May 2, 1602 (1602) · Geisa
Died: November 27, 1680 (1680) · Rome
Age at death: 78 years
Nationality Holy Roman Empire, Germany
Occupation writer, university teacher, composer, philosopher, inventor, mathematician, astronomer, physicist, Catholic priest, musicologist, music theorist, naturalist, geologist, volcanologist, linguist, historian, polymath, archaeologist, biologist, museologist, egyptologist, Catholic theologian, orientalist
Field of work medicine, theology, geology, linguistics
Education Pontifical Gregorian University, Gymnasium Theodorianum
Employer University of Würzburg, Pontifical Gregorian University
Position held royal confessor
Gender male

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Source: Wikidata Q76738