David Gans
David ben Solomon Gans (1541, Lippstadt - August 25, 1613, Prague) was a Jewish mathematician, historian, astronomer, astrologer, and is best known for the works Tzemach David (1592) and Nechmad ve'naim.
He was born in Lippstadt, in what is now North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, where his family were moneylenders. He studied rabbinical literature in Bonn and then in Kraków where he studied under Moses Isserles. In 1564, he moved to Prague. In Prague, he came into contact with Kepler and Tycho Brahe, and became a student of the Maharal.
His grave is in Prague, is marked with a "Magen David" and a goose (Gans meaning goose in German).
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