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Jacob Ziegler

German scholar, humanist and theologian (c.1470/71—1549)
Person Human Q447318
Jacob Ziegler
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[14]
Date of birth
1470, 1480[10]
Date of death
August 1549, 1549[11]
Place of birth
Landau an der Isar
Place of death
Passau
Country of citizenship
Holy Roman Empire[12]
Occupation
mathematician, astronomer, theologian, geographer, humanist
Religion or worldview
Catholic Church[13]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Latin, German[24][25]
Described by source
Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library, Contemporaries of Erasmus (vol. 3), Pantaleon: Prosopographia, vol. 3 (1566), Pantaleon: Teutscher Nation Heldenbuch, vol. 3 (1566)[18][19][20][21][22][23]
Family name
Ziegler[15]
Given name
Jakob, Jacob[16][17]
Significant person
Willibald Pirckheimer, Erasmus[26][27]
Writing language
Latin[28]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jacob Ziegler ar جاكوب زيغلر ar يعقوب زيجلر cs Jacobus Lateranus cs Jacobus Zeiglerius cs Jakob Ziegler cs Jacob Zigler cs Jacob Ciglerus cs Jacob Landavus de Jacob Ziegler es Jakob Ziegler fa یاکوب زیگلر sv Ziegler, Jakob 01
🔖 Identifiers · 54
ISNI
0000000108727368
VIAF cluster ID
122.0M (15.1M–122.0M, n=3)
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n90602961
GND ID
118772783
Alvin ID
alvin-person:32718
BIBSYS ID
90103494
BVMC person ID
27479
Base Budé person ID
2572
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
19870
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15029346k
Biblissima authority ID
Gaskoi
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01876151
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CONOR.SI ID
168925539
Catalogue of the Capitular Library of Verona author ID
5212
DBNL author ID
zieg004
DDB person (GND) ID
118772783
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118772783
EDIT16 catalogue author ID
1183
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
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FAST ID
262992
Freebase ID
/m/02q70qj
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Jacob_Ziegler
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/559171204078
IdRef ID
138970238
Isidore scholar ID
ziegler_jakob_auteur_adapte
IxTheo authority ID
079552099
J9U entity ID
987007306512805171
KANTO ID
000220737
KBR person ID
14147058
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118772783
Libris-URI
nl038t3649f75x1
NL CR AUT ID
mzk2009511801
NLA Trove people ID
1460458
NUKAT ID
n2010109910
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
person/507D5C70-F8DE-42C6-AAE1-628B12554C52
National Library of Brazil ID
000547747
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810533550205606
National Library of Portugal ID
697890
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1308164
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
146805135
Obálky knih ID
mzk2009511801
Open Library ID
OL5423459A
OpenMLOL author ID
110955
PUG authority ID
222085
Parsifal cluster ID
702785, 886987
Pontifical Urbaniana University ID
200127
Prabook ID
2374545
RERO ID (legacy)
A023637097
Repertorium Eruditorum Totius Europae ID
RETE094552
SBN author ID
BVEV027646
SELIBR ID
341916
Swedish Open Cultural Heritage URI
LSH/agents/66809
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1218420
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJh4xx7V9qr83T7tPXbw4q, E39PBJdgVYmRBgG3qRvdmFPRKd

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Occupation 4
mathematician, astronomer, geographer, theologian
Described by source 3
Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library
Given name 2
Jakob, Jacob
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
German, Latin
Significant person 2
Erasmus, Willibald Pirckheimer
Country of citizenship 1
Holy Roman Empire
Family name 1
Ziegler
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Landau an der Isar
Place of death 1
Passau
Religion or worldview 1
Catholic Church
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
Latin
← Significant person 1
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Summary

Jacob Ziegler was born on 1470[1] in Landau an der Isar[2]. He died on August 1549[3] in Passau[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], astronomer[6], theologian[7], geographer[8], and humanist[9].

FAQs

Where was Jacob Ziegler born?

Jacob Ziegler was born in Landau an der Isar[2].

Where did Jacob Ziegler die?

Jacob Ziegler passed away in Passau[4].

What did Jacob Ziegler do for work?

Jacob Ziegler worked as a mathematician[5], astronomer[6], theologian[7], geographer[8], and humanist[9].

Related Entities

Erasmus Holy Roman Empire

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  5. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [24] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Willibald Pirckheimers Briefwechsel. wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 17h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 11d ago · Ronald Weiss · 2026-10-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library +3
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pantaleon: Teutscher Nation Heldenbuch, vol. 3 (1566)"
  4. 21d ago · Ronald Weiss · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Nordisk familjebok, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library +3
    "Created claim: Described by source: Pantaleon: Prosopographia, vol. 3 (1566)"
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  8. 17w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  9. 19w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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