- Wolfgang Lazius
Wolfgang Laz, better known by his Latinized name Wolfgang Lazius (
October 31 ,1514 –June 19 ,1565 ), was anAustria nhumanist who worked as acartographer ,historian , andphysician .Lazius was born in
Vienna , and first studied medicine, becoming professor in the medical faculty at theUniversity of Vienna in 1541. He later became curator of the imperial collections of theHoly Roman Empire and official historian to Emperor Ferdinand I. In that capacity, he authored a number of historical works, in research for which he traveled widely, amassing (and sometimes stealing) documents from numerous monasteries and other libraries. He also produced many maps of Austria,Bavaria ,Hungary , andGreece , now considered important in the history of cartography; in particular, his "Typi chorographici provinciarum Austriae" (1561) is sometimes seen as among the earliesthistorical atlas es.References
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* cite encyclopedia | title = Lazius (Laz), Wolfgang | encyclopedia =aeiou Encyclopedia | publisher = Verlagsgemeinschaft Österreich-Lexikon | accessdate = 2007-03-25 | url = http://aeiou.iicm.tugraz.at/aeiou.encyclop.l/l310000.htm
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