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He was educated at the University of Wittenberg, where he was first elected dean and later became rector. In [[]153]6 he was appointed professor of mathematics by Philipp Melanchthon. Reinhold identified and catalogued a large number of stars.
Duke Albert of Brandenburg Prussia financed the printing of Reinhold's Prutenicae Tabulae, or "Prussian Tables." These astronomical tables helped to disseminate Copernican principle throughout the Empire.