Michael Neander (originally Neumann) (April 3, 1529 – October 23, 1581) was a German teacher,

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, medical academic, and

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. He was born in Joachimsthal,

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, and was educated at the University of Wittenberg, receiving his B.A. in 1549 and M.A. in 1550. From 1551 until 1561 he taught mathematics and astronomy in

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. He became a professor in 1558 when the school where he taught became a university. From 1560 until his death he was a professor of medicine at the University of Jena. He died in Jena, Germany. The crater Neander on the

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is named after him.

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