Baltasar de Torres (1518–1561)

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Biographical data

1518 156 Born in Medina del Campo
1553 156 Entered the Society of Jesus in Palermo
1561 156 Died in Naples

Career

156 Private physician of the viceroy of Sicily in Palermo
156 Teacher of philosophy in Rome
Collegium Romanum
156 Occupied himself with mathematics, optics, medicine

Relations

156 Torres was friends with Maurolico

Relations from others

26 Clavius was the successor of Torres in teaching mathematics at the Collegium Romanum in Rome

Related subjects

Philosophy Mathematics Optics Medicine

Relations

Christoph Clavius

Francesco Maurolico

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Sources

26 Homann, F. A. (2001): “Clavius (Klau), Christophorus (Christoph)”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, pp. 285-286.
156 de Dalmases, C. (2001): “Torres, Baltasar de (I)”. In: Diccionario histórico de la Compañía de Jesús. Ed. by Charles O'Neill, Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Madrid, p. 3818.

Recommended Citation

Baltasar de Torres (1518–1561). In: Jesuit Science Network, version 03/11/2018. URL: http://jsn.soohwalee.com/p/190/.