Conrad Dasypodius

Conrad Dasypodius (* 1530/1532 in Frauenfeld, . † 22./26 April 1600 / 1601 Strasbourg), actually Konrad Hasenfratz or Rauchfuß, was Swiss mathematician and astronomer, son of Peter Dasypodius (around 1490 to 1559, real name Peter Hasenfuss. or Peter Hasenfratz ), humanist and lexicographer.

In 1568 he published a work on the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus, Hypotyposes orbium Coelestium congruentes cum tabulis Alfonsinis et Copernici seu etiam tabulis Prutenicis editae a Cunrado Dasypodio. It is unclear whether Dasypodius the theory of Copernicus fully accepting, or rather the " Wittenberg interpretation. "

Dasypodius was responsible for the astronomical clock in Strasbourg Cathedral, which was built from 1572 to 1574 by Isaac Habrecht and Josiah Habrecht. By Dr. Tiedemann Giese Dasypodius got a portrait of Copernicus from the estate of the Bishop Tiedemann Giese as a template for the painter Tobias tuner.