Campanus of Novara

Campanus of Novara

Italian mathematician and astrologer
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Campanus of Novara (c. 1220 – 1296) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and physician who is best known for his work on Euclid's Elements. In his writings he refers to himself as Campanus Nouariensis; contemporary documents refer to him as Magister Campanus; and the full style of his name is Magister Campanus Nouariensis. He is also referred to as Campano da Novara, Giovanni Campano or similar. Later authors (from the 16th century on) sometimes applied the forename Johannes Campanus or Iohannes Campanus.

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Campanus of Novara was born on 1220 in Novara. They were best known as an astronomer. Novara's country of citizenship (nationality) was Italian. They died on 1296 in Viterbo at the age of 75.

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