When was Georg von Peuerbach born?
May 30, 1423
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Georg von Peuerbach, an Austrian mathematician and astronomer, was born on May 30, 1423. He made significant contributions to the development of astronomy, particularly in the field of trigonometry. Peuerbach's work on trigonometry laid the foundation for the later work of Nicolaus Copernicus, who used trigonometry to develop his heliocentric model of the solar system.
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