Tzemach Dovid
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Rabbi Dovid Gans
Rabbi Dovid Gans
1541 CE–1613 CE · Acharonim · Krakow (Cracow)
A Renaissance-era scholar, historian, astronomer, and mathematician in Prague. He was a student of the Maharal and the Rema, and maintained a friendship with the astronomer Tycho Brahe. His Tzemach Dovid is a foundational work of Jewish historical chronology.
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David ben Shlomo Gans born in Lippstadt, Westphalia, Germany, to a family of moneylenders.