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

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Euclid's Elements notableTranslator Campanus of Novara