Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology explained

The Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology (Polish: krakowska szkoła matematyczna i astrologiczna) was an influential mid-to-late-15th-century group of mathematicians and astrologers at the University of Kraków (later Jagiellonian University).

Notable members

• Jan of Głogów (1445–1507), author of widely recognized mathematical and astrological tracts
• Marcin Biem (1470–1540), contributor to the Gregorian calendar
• Marcin Bylica of Olkusz (1433–93), later court astrologer to King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary
• Albert Brudzewski (1446–1495), teacher to notable scholars active at European universities
• Marcin Król of Żurawica (1422–1460)
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), student at Kraków in 1491–95

See also

• Kraków School of Mathematics
• Polish School of Mathematics

References

• Web site: Tradycja i współczesność . 2007-11-26 . Uniwersytet Jagielloński . Polish . Waltoś . Stanisław . https://web.archive.org/web/20080201102745/http://www.uj.edu.pl/dispatch.jsp?item=uniwersytet%2Fhistoria%2Fhistoriatxt.jsp . 2008-02-01 . dead .