Allie+Hunt...+Gerardus+Mercator

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 * Born March 5, 1514 in Flanders (now Belgium)
 * Died December 2, 1594
 * Child of Hubert and Emerenita Kremer
 * Low class people
 * Family name of "Kremer" means "merchant" in German.
 * When his mother died, he changed his last name to "Mercator" meaning "merchant" in Latin.

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 * Gerard was the seventh child in his family.
 * He learned Latin by age seven.
 * He was a very smart and bright child.
 * He enjoyed every subject.
 * He loved math and religion as his favorite subject.

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 * Gerard's older brother wanted the best education possible for him.
 * He attended the University of Louvain.
 * Majored in humanities and philosophy
 * Graduated with masters in 1534
 * In 1534, he returned to Louvain to study mathematics.
 * In the process of studying mathematics, He became very interested and stayed at Louvain another year to study geography and astronomy.

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 * He was offered a job opening a university in Duisburg with William, Duke of Cleve.
 * Although much work was put into the project, the university never developed or opened.

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 * He began making maps as a side project.
 * He used his knowledge of geography, astronomy, and mathematics.
 * With that, he created atlases, maps, and many other things pertaining to that.

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 * His atlases from 1585-1595 were the very first collection of maps of this kind.
 * He created longitude and latitude lines.
 * Longitude and latitude lines were very popular with school atlases and with sailors.

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 * He made the first atlases.
 * He created longitude and latitude lines.
 * He made many things that the study of geography would be impossible without.

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