Athanasius Kircher

1602 to 1680 5 documented presences 5 places

Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Athanasius Kircher across 5 places, from 1622 to 1634. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Athanasius Kircher (2 May 1601/1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA

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Where Athanasius Kircher was documented, and when

1622year

Paderbornattested “He studied philosophy and theology at Paderborn but fled to Cologne in 1622 to escape advancing Protestant forces.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1622year

Cologneattested “He studied philosophy and theology at Paderborn but fled to Cologne in 1622 to escape advancing Protestant forces.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1622 to 1624period

Koblenzattested “From 1622 to 1624, he spent his regency period in Koblenz as a teacher.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1628year

University of Würzburgattested “He was ordained to the priesthood in 1628 and became professor of ethics and mathematics at the University of Würzburg, where he also taught Hebrew and Syriac.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1634year

Collegio Romanoattested “He based himself in the city for the rest of his life, and from 1634 he taught mathematics, physics and Oriental languages at the Collegio Romano (now the Pontifical Gregorian University) for several years before being released to devote…” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

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Places Athanasius Kircher is documented in

Cologne1 presence · 1622 University of Würzburg1 presence · 1628

Collegio Romano1 presence · 1634

Koblenz1 presence · 1622

Paderborn1 presence · 1622

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1614 to 1618period

Fuldamentioned “He attended the Jesuit College in Fulda from 1614 to 1618, when he entered the novitiate of the Society.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1631year

Würzburgmentioned “In 1631, while still at Würzburg, Kircher allegedly had a prophetic vision of bright light and armed men with horses in the city.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

1633year

Viennamentioned “In 1633 he was called to Vienna by the emperor to succeed Kepler as Mathematician to the Habsburg court.” source: Wikipedia: Athanasius Kircher

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