MARIA See also:

• MARIA CUNITZ (c. 1610-1664)

CUNITZ (c. 1610-1664)  , Silesian astronomer, was the eldest daughter of Dr Heinrich See also:

• CUNITZ, MARIA (c. 1610-1664)

Cunitz of Schweinitz, and the wife (163o) of Dr See also:

• ELIAS, JOHN (1774-1841)

Elias von Loven, of Pitschen in See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia—both of them men of learning and distinction . From her universal accomplishments she was called the " Silesian See also:

• PALLAS, PETER SIMON (1741–1811)

Pallas," and the publication of her See also:

• WORK

work, Urania propitia (Gels, 165o), a simplification of the Rudolphine Tables, gained her a See also:

• EUROPEAN

European reputation . It was composed at the See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Lugnitz, See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by the See also:

• CONVENT (Lat. conventus, from convenire, to come together)

convent of Olobok (See also:

• POSEN
• POSEN (Polish Poznan)

Posen), where, with her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband, she had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge at the outbreak of the See also:

• THIRTY

Thirty Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War, and was dedicated to the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick III . The author became a widow in 1661, and died at Pitschen on the 24th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1664 . See A . G . Kastner, Geschichte der Mathematik, iv . 43o (1800) ; N . Henelii, Silesiographia renovata, cap. vi. p . 684; J . C . Eberti's Schlesiens wohlgelehrtes Frauenzimmer, p .

25 (See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau, 1727) ; Allgemeine deutsche Biographie (Schiminelpfenning) ; &c .