Leonhard Thurneysser

1531 – 1590 Germany

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Who was Leonhard Thurneysser?

Scholar and quack at the court of John George, Elector of Brandenburg

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Leonhard Thurneysser (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

Basel

Died

1590

Cologne

Nationality

Zodiac Sign

Leo

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