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Michael Maestlin
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<p>Michael Maestlin (German: [ˈmɛstliːn]; also <i>Mästlin</i>, <i>Möstlin</i>, or <i>Moestlin</i>; 30 September 1550 – 26 October 1631) was a German <a href="/facts/Astronomer/ronF8j4a">astronomer</a> and <a href="/facts/Mathematician/eaFSR8Fx">mathematician</a>, best known as the mentor of <a href="/facts/Johannes_Kepler/wk6GTN3C">Johannes Kepler</a>. A student of <a href="/facts/Philipp_Apian/m6XsUuSz">Philipp Apian</a>, Maestlin is recognized as the teacher who had the greatest influence on Kepler. He is regarded as one of the most significant astronomers of the period between <a href="/facts/Nicolaus_Copernicus/RvzhHNQR">Copernicus</a> and Kepler. </p>