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Teacher, inventor
Jesuit priest, scholar, philosopher and German historian. In all his books Kircher displayed a keen interest in technology and mechanical inventions, and inventions attributed to him include a magnetic clock, various automatons and the first megaphone. Who-is-Who in MMS, scholar, Jesuit, treatiser
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Kircher, Atanasius
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* 02.05.1602
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Geisa (Fulda)
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geboren
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1616
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Fulda
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aged sixteen he entered the Jesuit College in Fulda
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1629
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Würzburg
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He teaches Philosophy and mathematics in Würzburg
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1631
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he publishes his first book “Ars Magnesia”
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1639
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Roma
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He teaches mathematics in Collegium Romanum for the Jesuits
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1651
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Roma
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He founded the Kircherian Museum within Collegio romano
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1680
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he publishes his last book “Physiologia Kicheriana experimentalis”
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† 27.11.1680
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Roma
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gestorben
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