Rudolph Jacob Camerarius

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Rudolph Jacob Camerarius: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 20, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Feb 13, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Sep 07, 2023
	Deleted Web site: Camerarius' math genealogy.	Grace Young	Oct 22, 2013
	Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Biography of Rudolph Jakob Camerarius.	Parul Jain	Nov 03, 2011
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Rudolph Jacob Camerarius.	Parul Jain	Nov 03, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	John P. Rafferty	Nov 13, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998