Father Ferdinand Verbiest, Jesuit Astronomer in China
Father Ferdinanrd Verbiest (October 9, 1623 - January 28, 1688), Jesuit missionary and favorite to the Kangxi Emperor. Verbiest redesigned the faulty Chinese calendar of 1670, which included an extra month unnecessarily among other errors
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