!!!Grueber, Johannes

Grueber, Johannes, b. Linz (Upper Austria), Oct. 28, 1623, 
d. Sárospatak (Hungary), Sept. 30, 1680, Jesuit priest, 
missionary, mathematician. Employed at Chinese Imperial Court from 
1659-1661, where he was assigned to perform astronomical calculations 
and the geographic determination of the longitude and latitude of 
various places. First European to return to Europe from China by the 
overland route, travelled through Tibet, stayed in Lhasa and Kathmandu 
and crossed the Himalayas. His travel log (the very first about Tibet) 
is of major scientific value. Died as a field curate in the Austrian 
army.

!Literature
F. Braumann, Ritt nach Barantola, %%sup 2/%1960.



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