Person: STURM, Johann Christoph (1635-1703)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Johann Christoph STURM

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

scientist and philosopher, author of book mentioning magic lantern

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

3 November 1635

born at

Hilpoltstein, Bayern, Germany

26 December 1703

died at

Altdorf, Bayern, Germany

References

David Robinson, Stephen Herbert and Richard Crangle (editors), Encyclopaedia of the magic lantern (London: Magic Lantern Society, 2001), p. 296

Ron Morris (trans. Claudine Davies), ‘The magic lantern in 1693’ in NMLJ 1.1 (April 1978), p. 3

Willem Tebra, ‘The magic lantern of Giovanni da Fontana’ in NMLJ 2.2 (January 1982), p. 11

Lucerna ID 6003659

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 6 August 2015

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Person: STURM, Johann Christoph (1635-1703)