Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology

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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

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Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology Wikipedia

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