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Johann Leonhard Rost (14 August 1688 – 22 March 1727) was a German astronomer and author from Nuremberg. He wrote under the alias Meletaon.

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The crater Rost on the Moon is named after him.

His brother Johannes Carolus Rost was a famous doctor from Nuremberg, he is mostly known to be the personal doctor of Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg.

Bibliography

• Meletaon, "Schau-Platz der gelährten und galanten Welt", 1711.
• Meletaon, "Die Unglückseelige Atalanta", 1717.
• Rost, J. L., "Atlas Portatilis Coelestis", 1723.

External links

• Atlas Portatilis Coelestis, 1723 - Full digital facsimile, Linda Hall Library.
• Biography & Bibliography by Hans Gaab and Olaf Simons

На других языках

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[de] Johann Leonhard Rost

Johann Leonhard Rost (Pseudonym: Meletaon, * 14. August 1688 in Nürnberg; † 22. März 1727 in Nürnberg) war Autor von Romanen, Briefstellern und anderen galanten Texten sowie Astronom.

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- [en] Johann Leonhard Rost

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