Campanus of Novara

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Campanus of Novara was a 13th-century Italian mathematician and astronomer best known for producing one of the most influential medieval Latin editions of Euclid’s Elements.

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Campanus of Novara canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic cleric ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
medieval scholar ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth Italy ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 13th century ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1296 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Paris ⓘ
era High Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
genre astronomical treatise ⓘ
mathematical treatise ⓘ
hasInfluentialEditionOf Euclid’s Elements ⓘ
linked to: Euclid's Elements
influenced Renaissance mathematicians ⓘ
medieval European mathematics ⓘ
influencedBy Euclid ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaios
knownFor producing an influential medieval Latin edition of Euclid’s Elements ⓘ
teaching and writing on astronomy ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
name Campanus of Novara ⓘ
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableWork Latin edition of Euclid’s Elements ⓘ
Theorica planetarum ⓘ
commentary on Euclid’s Elements ⓘ
occupation Catholic priest ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Novara ⓘ
placeOfDeath Viterbo ⓘ
positionHeld canon of the cathedral of Novara ⓘ
chaplain to Pope Urban IV ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
subjectOf history of astronomy ⓘ
history of medieval mathematics ⓘ
usedWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ
Viterbo ⓘ

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Euclid's Elements → notableTranslator → Campanus of Novara ⓘ
Campanus of Novara → name → Campanus of Novara ⓘ