Oswald Krüger (1598–1655)

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Biographical data

1598 2 Born in East Prussia
1618 2 Entered the Society of Jesus in Vilnius
1655 2 Died in Hrodna

Education

1622 – 1623 616 Studied philosophy, mathematics in Rome
1622 – 1625 2 Studied philosophy in Rome
1623 – 1625 616 Studied philosophy, mathematics in Nesvizh
1626 – 1630 2 Studied theology in Vilnius
1627 – 1631 616 Studied theology in Vilnius
2 Studied mathematics, astronomy, architecture in Rome

Career

1620 – 1622 2 Teacher of grammar in Nesvizh
Infima
1625 – 1626 2 Teacher of syntax in Polotsk
1631 – 1632 5 Teacher of mathematics in Nesvizh
1631 – 1632 2 Teacher of mathematics in Pułtusk
1632 – 1653 616 Teacher of mathematics in Vilnius
1632 – 1633 2 Teacher of mathematics, Hebrew in Vilnius
1633 – 1634 2 Teacher of mathematics in Nesvizh
1634 – 1648 2 Teacher of mathematics, Hebrew in Vilnius
1648 – 1653 2 Teacher of mathematics, moral theology in Nesvizh
1653 – 1655 2 Rector in Nesvizh
1655 2 Royal engineer
616 Occupied himself with astronomy, astronomical observations, ballistics
5 Various offices
5 Occupied himself with architecture

Miscellaneous

616 Krüger was called the Archimedes of his time

Relations

2 Correspondence between Krüger and Kircher
2 Krüger studied mathematics, architecture and astronomy in Rome under Grassi and Grienberger

Alternate names

Oswald Krygier
Oswald Krieger
Oswald Kriger
Oswald Kryger
Oswald Krüger

Oswald Krueger

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Related subjects

Philosophy Theology Mathematics Astronomy Architecture Grammar Astronomical observations Syntax Moral theology Hebrew Ballistics

Relations

Christoph Grienberger

Athanasius Kircher

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Sources

2 Lisiak, Bogdan: “Jezuici polscy a nauki ścisłe od XVI do XIX wieku: słownik bio-bibliograficzny”. Wyzsza Szkoła Filozoficzno-Pedagogiczna Ignatianum, Kraków.
5 Grzebień, Ludwik (Ed.): “Encyklopedia wiedzy o Jezuitach na ziemiach Polski i Litwy 1564-1995”.
616 Rabikauskas, P. (2001): “Krüger (Krieger, Krygier), Oswald”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, p. 2229.

Recommended Citation

Oswald Krüger (1598–1655). In: Jesuit Science Network, version 03/11/2018. URL: http://jesuitscience.net/p/36/.