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Thomas Fincke

Danish mathematician and physician (1561-1656)
Person human Q77520
Thomas Fincke
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Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[25]
Date of birth
January 6, 1561
Date of death
April 24, 1656
Place of birth
Flensburg
Place of death
Copenhagen
Country of citizenship
Germany, Kingdom of Denmark[14][15]
Occupation
mathematician, physicist, university teacher, physician
Employer
University of Copenhagen[19]
Field of work
trigonometry, medicine[16][17]
Position held
rector, rector, rector, rector[18]
Educated at
University of Copenhagen, University of Padua, University of Basel, Altes Gymnasium, University of Strasbourg[20][21][22][23][24]
Child
Dorthea Thomasdatter Worm, Anna Cathrine Thomasdatter Bartholin, Drude Thomasdatter Finke, Margrethe Fincke[10][11][12][13]
Student of
Conrad Dasypodius, Felix Platter, Theodor Zwinger, Hieronymus Fabricius[30][31][32][33]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[37]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library[34][35][36]
Family name
Fincke[26]
Given name
Thomas[27]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[39]
Number of children
+4[38]
P14608
116514272
P14977
RETE032226
Place of burial
Church of Our Lady[9]
Relative
Rasmus Bartholin, Thomas Bartholin[28][29]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 35
ISNI
0000000078194459
VIAF cluster ID
35210347
GND ID
116514272
Alvin ID
alvin-person:5956
BIBSYS ID
90982826
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01292765, cnp00386604
DDB person (GND) ID
116514272
Dansk Biografisk Leksikon ID
Thomas_Fincke_-_matematiker
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
116514272
Early Modern Letters Online person ID
7ec0b406-02da-4909-a5e3-5aa42ba4df59
Find a Grave memorial ID
271928909
Freebase ID
/m/0k31j
Show all 35 identifiers +23
Geni.com profile ID
6000000000594282966
Gravsted.dk ID
thomasfincke
IdRef ID
22332471X
KBR person ID
14431039
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
116514272
Lex ID
Thomas_Fincke
Libris-URI
gdsw2d5043xptqq
MR Author ID
737642
MacTutor biography ID
Fincke
NLP ID
a0000002802570
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810657908705606
National Library of Portugal ID
1731051
Open Library ID
OL4854103A
OpenMLOL author ID
101130, 112666
SBN author ID
BVEV021640
SELIBR ID
283029, 334950
Symogih.org ID
Actr52377
The Galileo Project ID
fink
Vatican Library ID (former scheme)
ADV10223483
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/104681
WikiTree person ID
Fincke-22
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJf8yRQwHyX3TfX8pKDXh3
ZbMATH author ID
fincke.thomas

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🔗 Connections
Teachers 5
Hieronymus Fabricius, Conrad Dasypodius, Theodor Zwinger, Felix Platter, Giulio Cesare Casseri
Occupation 4
physician, mathematician, physicist, university teacher
Position held 4
rector, rector, rector, rector
Student of 4
Hieronymus Fabricius, Conrad Dasypodius, Theodor Zwinger, Felix Platter
Described by source 3
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, BEIC Digital Library
Educated at 3
University of Padua, University of Basel, University of Strasbourg
← Relative 3
Thomas Bartholin, Rasmus Bartholin, Ole Worm
Field of work 2
medicine, trigonometry
Relative 2
Thomas Bartholin, Rasmus Bartholin
Employer 1
University of Copenhagen
Given name 1
Thomas
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Flensburg
Place of burial 1
Church of Our Lady
Place of death 1
Copenhagen
Sex or gender 1
male
← SNARC ID 1
Macclesfield
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Summary

Thomas Fincke was born on January 6, 1561[1], in Flensburg[2]. He died on April 24, 1656[3], in Copenhagen[4]. He worked as a mathematician[5], physicist[6], university teacher[7], and physician[8].

FAQs

Where was Thomas Fincke born?

Thomas Fincke was born in Flensburg[2].

Where did Thomas Fincke die?

Thomas Fincke died in Copenhagen[4].

What did Thomas Fincke do for work?

Thomas Fincke worked as a mathematician[5], physicist[6], university teacher[7], and physician[8].

Where did Thomas Fincke go to school?

Thomas Fincke was educated at University of Copenhagen[20], University of Padua[21], University of Basel[22], and Altes Gymnasium[23].

Related Entities

medicine Thomas Bartholin University of Padua University of Strasbourg

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . runeberg.org. runeberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . Geni.com. wikidata.org.
  11. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [21] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [22] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [23] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [24] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [19] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  23. [9] ↑ . Find a Grave. wikidata.org.
  24. [1] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  30. [30] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  31. [31] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . MacTutor History of Mathematics archive. wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . digitale.beic.it. digitale.beic.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  3. 28d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Dorthea Thomasdatter Worm, Anna Cathrine Thomasdatter Bartholin, Drude Thomasdatter Finke +1
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  4. 14w ago · GZWDer · 2026-07-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Dorthea Thomasdatter Worm, Anna Cathrine Thomasdatter Bartholin, Drude Thomasdatter Finke +1
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  5. 16w ago · GZWDer · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Dorthea Thomasdatter Worm, Anna Cathrine Thomasdatter Bartholin, Drude Thomasdatter Finke +1
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  6. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Germany, Kingdom of Denmark
    Given name → Thomas
    Student of → Conrad Dasypodius, Felix Platter, Theodor Zwinger +1
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