Gerard Mercator
| Name: | Gerard Mercator |
| Name variants: | Gerard Kremer |
| Gender: | male |
| Born: | Rupelmonde |
| Died: | Duisburg |
| Father: | Hubert Kremer (? - ca. 1527) |
| Mother: | Emerentiana (? - 1529) |
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Attributes
| Category | Attribute | Value | Date start | Date end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Religion | Denomination | Lutheran |
Relations
| Relation | Modifier | Date start | Date end |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic | |||
| courtly client of Willem V van Kleef, alias: Willem II van Gelre | |||
| Education and training | |||
| pupil of Gemma Reinerus Frisius, alias: Jemma Reinerszoon | certain | ||
| pupil of Gaspard van der Heyden, alias: Gaspar a Myrica / Amyricius | certain | ||
| Friendship | |||
| travelling-companion of Philips Galle, alias: Filips / Philippe / Philippus | |||
| travelling-companion of Abraham Ortelius | |||
References
External biographical records
- http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/dbnla/merc009
- http://data.bibliotheken.nl/id/thes/p069768536
- http://data.deutsche-biographie.de/rest/sfz61826.rdf
- http://viaf.org/viaf/30352476
- http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500040876
- http://www.biografischportaal.nl/persoon/10103184
- http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/scientific-instrument-makers/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00011975
- http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6353
- http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q94784760
- https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31076369
- https://rkd.nl/artists/55317
- urn:rijksmuseum:people:RM0001.PEOPLE.105488
Secondary sources
- Molhuysen, P.C., Blok, P.J., Knappert, L. & Kossmann, F.K.H. (eds.) Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek (10 vols.), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff (1911-1937), volume 10: 614-619
- Donkersloot-De Vrij, Marijke, Repertorium van Nederlandse kaartmakers 1500-1900, Utrecht: s.n. (2003). <URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6149379>
- Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Neue Deutsche Biographie (28 vols.), (1953 et seq.). <URL: https://www.deutsche-biographie.de>, volume 17: 112-115