John of Głogów
John of Glogau (Latin Johannes Glogoviensis, also Joannis Glogouiensis; Polish Jan z Głogowa, also Jan Głogowczyk; * 1445 in Glogau, Duchy of Glogau; † February 11, 1507 in Kraków ) was a philosopher and mathematician.
Life and work
John of Glogau was a student and professor at the Krakow Academy ( since 1817 Jagiellonian University ). In the Polish language into which he has translated several books of the Bible, it is called among other things, Jan z Głogowa or Jan Głogowczyk, but there are many forms of the name known, including Johann von Schelling of Glogau.
The year of his birth ( 1415-1445 ) is unclear, as is the date of obtaining a Masters 1430 or only in 1468. He has worked so successfully in Krakow as a teacher of philosophy and mathematics that through him the Academy took an upswing. With great financial sacrifices he built a seminary for his students, which from 1491 was probably also Nicolaus Copernicus.
He wrote an explanatory edition of Donatus and comments about almost all the writings of Aristotle. He represented a eclecticism of the so-called old and new logic.
From him are from 1476, the earliest practica, astro mix prediction brochures, narrated in German language.
Works
- Notae in computum ecclesiasticae
- Computus chirometralis
- Introductorium compendiosum in tractatum sphere material. Joa. de Sacrobusto. Cracovia 1506
- Donati de octo partibus minoris Grammatici orationis declaratio. Liptzck 1509
- Exercitium novae logicae. Cracovia, Haller, 1511
- Tractatus preclarissimus in iudiciis astrorum de mutationibus aeris ... benerevisus. Cracovia 1514
- Introductorium astronomiae in ephemerides. Cracouie, 1514
- Introductorium in tractatum sphaerae Joannis de Sacrobusto. Argentoratum, 1518
- Tractatus in iudiciis astrorum and a
- Minori Donati de octo partibus orationis compendiosa interpretatis, Argentium, 1515