Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)

Bundesrepublik Deutschland (BRD)

28th March 1959 

This stamp was issued to mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Adam Riese, (or Ries) (1492-1559), mathematician.

Almost nothing is known about Ries' childhood, youth and education. It is not even possible to determine the year of his birth with certainty. In 1518, Ries went to Erfurt, where he ran a mathematics school, and he wrote two of his mathematics books and had them published there. In 1522 or 1523, he moved to the newly founded mining town of Annaberg where he spent the rest of his life. There he finished work on the manuscript of his algebra textbook, Coß, in 1524, although the book was not published until 1992 by B.G. Teubner. 

Michel Catalogue number: 308

Stamp Number DE 799
Yvert et Tellier DE 179
Stanley Gibbons DE 1225
AFA number DE 1265

1959, 28. März. 400. Todestag von Adam Riese, eigentlich Ries (1492-1559), Rechenmeister; Wappenzeichen

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