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Robertus Anglicus or Robert the Englishman was an English astronomer of the thirteenth century. He taught at the University of Montpellier, and possibly also at Paris. He is known as the author of a 1271 commentary on the De Sphera Mundi of Johannes de Sacrobosco. It includes a significant reference to the state of the art in the technology of clockwork.
He is also the author of the paper "Astrolabii Canones", which provided important principles for measurement on spheres.
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He is also the author of the paper "Astrolabii Canones", which provided important principles for measurement on spheres.
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In Dutch, there are two pronunciations for Robertus:
• /ro:.'bɛr.tʏs/ (with a long 'o')
• /rɔ.'bɛr.tʏs/ (with a short 'o')
For more information about that, see the comment that I left at the entry for Robert in September 2024.
Lastly, the name has also seen some use in Scandinavia, but not to the same extent, i.e. it's extremely rare over there.
Sources:
• https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/Robertus (in English)
• https://nvb.meertens.knaw.nl/naam/is/Robertus (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in the Netherlands in 2017)
• http://www.names.be/voornamen.html?met=Robertus&sort=beldesc (in Dutch; shows the prevalence of the name in Belgium in 2009)
• (general): https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/?first=Robertus&last=&search=Zoeken
• https://www.facebook.com/search/people?q=robertus
• Robertus Joan Castendijk (1849-1931): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertus_Joan_Castendijk (in Dutch)
• Robertus Junius (1606-1655): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertus_Junius (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Rob" Druppers (b. 1962): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Druppers (in English)
• Robertus "Rob" Hessing (b. 1942): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Hessing (in English)
• Robertus "Rob" Kamphues (b. 1960): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Kamphues (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Rob" Tervoort (b. 1956): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Tervoort (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Rob" Tielman (b. 1946): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Tielman (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Rob" van Soest (b. 1946): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_van_Soest (in English)
• Robertus "Rob" Welten (b. 1960): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Welten (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Robbert" Dijkgraaf (b. 1960): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbert_Dijkgraaf (in English)
• Robertus "Robert" Slippens (b. 1975): https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Slippens (in Dutch)
• Robertus "Robin" van der Laan (b. 1968): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_van_der_Laan (in English)