Schreck, Johann (1576 - 1630)

Inventor, designer

He is known for his work “Qiqi tushuo” (Diagrams and explanations of the wonderful machines of the Far West) written with Wang Zheng, a kind of encyclopaedia of European mechanical knowledge in Chinese, based on works of Ramelli, Zonca and Besson.
Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, treatiser, Galileo, Ramelli, Zonca, Besson

variant spelling:
Schreck, Johann

Curriculum vitae

* 1576	Bingen, Baden-Württemberg , Germany	born
1590 - 1603		He studies medecins in Friburg, Altdorf and Padua
1603		He changed his name in Johannes Terrentius
1616		He entered Jesus Society
1627		He writes “Qiqi tushuo”
† 11.05.1630	Beijing, China	died

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Early modern times, ca. 1500-1780

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=13245004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_13245004.html

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Schreck, Johann (1576 - 1630)