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Doppelmayr was the son of a merchant in Nuremberg.
First he studied law in Altdorf nearby Nuremberg
and later on mathematics and astronomy in Halle
/ Saale. 1704 he became professor for mathematics
and 1716 director of the Eimmart observatory in
Nuremberg. Even during this time (latest from 1706)
he worked for Johann
Baptist Homann and his publishing
house. 1714 his introduction on geography for the
large Homann atlas was published. 1742 his 'Atlas
Coelestis' with 30 celestial maps was published
by Homann Heirs. Together with the engraver Johann
Georg Puschner the Elder (1680-1749) he made several
terrestrial and celestial globes. Through his work
the heliocentrism by Copernicus became much more
popular.
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