- Apian
Apian or "Apianus", also "Apian-Bennewitz", seldom "Apian von Bennewitz", pretty seldom "Apianus von Bennewitz" is the name of a German noble family, whereby "Apian" is the Germanised form of the name once Latinised from "Bienewitz" and/or "
Bennewitz " to "Apianus".Known bearers of the name
*Peter Apian, also Peter or Petrus Apianus as well as Peter Bienewitz or Bennewitz, (1495-1552), German humanist (brother of Georg and father of Philipp Apian)
*Georg Apian , also Georg Apianus as well as Georg Bienewitz or Bennewitz, German printer and publisher of the 16th century (brother of Peter Apian)
*Philipp Apian , also Philipp Apianus, (1531-1589), German mathematician, physician and cartographer (son of Peter and brother of Timotheus Apian)
*Timotheus Apian , (?-1562), German land surveyor of the 16th century (son of Peter and brother of Philipp Apian)
*Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz , (1847-1892), organist and teacher, founder of the Museum of Musical Instruments inMarkneukirchen ,Germany Miscellaneous
After persons with the name Apian were named:
*the "Apian-Gymnasium Ingolstadt ", a secondary school inIngolstadt ,Germany , named after Peter and Philipp Apian
*the "Peter-Apian-Mittelschule Leisnig ", a middle school inLeisnig ,Germany , named after Peter Apian
*the crater "Apianus" (26° 9' S and 7° 9' E) on theMoon , named after Peter Apian, see Apianus (crater)
*the asteroid "19139 Apian", named after Peter Apian, see19139 Apian
*the "Apian-Bennewitz-Straße", a street inMarkneukirchen ,Germany , named after Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz
*the "Peter-Apian-Platz", a town square inLeisnig ,Germany , named after Peter Apian
*the "Apianborn", a spring inLeisnig ,Germany , named after Peter Apian
*the "Apianstraße", a street inMunich , inUnterföhring , inRosenheim , inIngolstadt , inLandshut and inIttelhofen ,Germany See also
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Appian and/orAppianus , Roman historian
*Aphian , Saint
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