Jofrancus Offusius
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Who is Jofrancus Offusius?
Jofrancus Offusius, was a German astronomer-astrologer and scholar. Historians of science have become interested in Offusius since he has been identified as the author of a set of annotations appearing on various exemplars of Copernic's book De Revolutionibus.
He published in Paris a book De divina facultate astrorum in larvatam astrologiam. His work is mentioned by Tycho Brache, Kepler and Cardano. His use of Platonic solids to explain features of the solar system has also been of modest interest for historical research.
Very little is known about Offusius himself. It has been conjectured that he came from Oberhausen in Westphalia. He does not seem to have been affiliated to a University or attached to a princely court and has wandered across Europe. He presents himself as "German philomath" and shows little respect for established professors. John Dee, recalls meeting "Offhuysius" sometime in 1552 in Paris where a group of students apparently had formed around him. Pontus de Tyard met "Jofranc Offusien" a few years later, around 1556, in Dieppe. Offusius claimed to have conducted thousands of astronomical observations and published a book of ephemerids for 1557.
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