Daniel Schwenter

Who was Daniel Schwenter?

Daniel Schwenter was a German Orientalist, mathematician, inventor, poet, and librarian.

Schwenter was born in Nuremberg. He was professor of oriental languages and mathematics at the University of Altdorf. This is achieved by a preface written by Schwenter in the book Kurtzer, gründtlicher, warhaffter, gebesserter und vermehrter Underricht, Zuberaitung und Gebrauch deß Circkels, Schregmeß und Linial from George Galgemair and by an old chronicle of the University of Altdorf. His works include Delicia Physico-Mathematicae and Geometriae practicae novae et auctae tractatus I-IV. As a linguist, Schwenter was familiar with Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and Aramaic. He was also an authority on Euclid. He died in Altdorf bei Nürnberg.