Raphael Levi Hannover

Raphael Levi Hannover (1685 – May 17, 1779) was a German Jewish mathematician and astronomer.

The son of Jacob Joseph, Hannover was born at Weikersheim, Franconia in 1685.

[1] Here he attracted the attention of Leibniz, and for a number of years was one of his most distinguished pupils and lived by him for three years (including last secretary),[2][3] and afterward teacher of mathematics, astronomy, and natural philosophy.

[2] Raphael Levi Hannover wrote: "Luḥot ha-'Ibbur," astronomical tables for the Jewish calendar;[4] "Tekunat ha-Shamayim," on astronomy and calendar-making, especially commenting on the Talmudical passages on these topics, with glosses of Moses Tiktin.

The "Luḥot ha-'Ibbur" has been published with M. E. Fürth's "Yir'at Shamayim," on Maimonides' "Yad," Ḳiddush ha-Ḥodesh.

Raphael Levi Hannover