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Kraków School of Mathematics and Astrology

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Short description: Astrological organization in Poland

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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