1547 in science
The year 1547 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Events
- John Dee visits the Low Countries to study navigation with Gemma Frisius.
- The first chair of mathematics at the University of Heidelberg is given to the physician Jacob Curio.
- Charles de Bovelles publishes La Geometrie practique in Paris, with assistance from Oronce Finé.
- Girolamo Gabuccini publishes the first separate treatise on parasitic worms.
Births
- February 18 – Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, Lebanese-born philosopher and astronomer
- March 1 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher and polymath
- November 26 – Nicolaus Taurellus, German philosopher and scientist
Deaths
- January 16 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer
- December 2 – Hernán Cortés, Spanish explorer