For other people named Campanus, see Campanus (disambiguation).
Magister
Campanus Nouariensis
Born
c. 1220
Novara
Died
1296
Viterbo
Other names
Campanus of Novara,
Campanus de Novaria,
Campanus Novariensis,
Iohannes Campanus,
Johannes Campanus
Campanus of Novara (c. 1220 – 1296) was an Italian mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, and physician[1] who is best known for his work on Euclid's Elements.[2][3] 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.[2] 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.[1][2][4]
His date of birth is uncertain but may have been as early as the first decade of the 13th century and the place of birth was probably Novara in Piedmont.[4] He served as chaplain to Pope Urban IV, Pope Adrian V, Pope Nicholas IV, and Pope Boniface VIII.[2] His contemporary Roger Bacon cited Campanus as one of the two "good" (but not "perfect") mathematicians[5] indicating that Bacon considered Campanus as excellent[4] or one of the greatest mathematicians of their time.[1] A number of benefices were conferred upon him and he was relatively wealthy at the time of his death.[2] He died at Viterbo in 1296.[4] The crater Campanus on the Moon is named after him.[6]
^ abcTruffa, Giancarlo (2007). The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Science. pp. 194–195. doi:10.1007/978-0-387-30400-7_231.
^ abcdeToomer, G. J. (1971). "Campanus of Novara". In Gillispie, Charles Coulston (ed.). Dictionary of scientific biography. Vol. III. New York: Scribner. pp. 23–29. ISBN 978-0-684-10114-9.
^Wilson, Curtis (1973). "Review: A Thirteenth-Century Textbook of Ptolemaic Astronomy". Isis. 64 (1): 110–112. doi:10.1086/351051. S2CID 146248781.
^ abcdCite error: The named reference Benjamin was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Molland, George (1997). "Roger Bacons Knowledge of Mathematics". In Hackett, Jeremiah (ed.). Roger Bacon and the sciences: commemorative essays. BRILL. p. 157. ISBN 978-90-04-10015-2.
^IAU WGPSN. "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Campanus on Moon". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. IAU, USGS Astrogeology Science Center, NASA. Retrieved March 6, 2011.
and 24 Related for: Campanus of Novara information
Novara, Giovanni Campano or similar. Later authors (from the 16th century on) sometimes applied the forename Johannes Campanus or Iohannes Campanus....
Campanus can refer to: Giovanni Antonio Campani called Campanus (1427–1477), Italian humanist CampanusofNovara (1220–1296), Italian astrologer, astronomer...
mid-thirteenth century, CampanusofNovara constructed tables for the meridian ofNovara from the Toledan tables of al-Zarqali. The original version of the Arabic...
lifetime. CampanusofNovara described a planetary equatorium in his Theorica Planetarum, and included instructions on how to build one. The Globe of Gottorf...
Brahe Rob Brezsny Giordano Bruno Jonathan Cainer Tommaso Campanella CampanusofNovara Nicholas Campion Gerolamo Cardano Giovanni Domenico Cassini Christopher...
(c. 1261–1264) by CampanusofNovara is the earliest extant description of the construction of an equatorium in Latin Europe. Campanus' instrument resembled...
mathematician CampanusofNovara is said to have devised a system of astrological houses that divides the prime vertical into 'houses' of equal 30° arcs...
Arabic Tables of Toledo, which were published in Latin in the 1270s, a few decades after Sacrobosco. The astronomer CampanusofNovara did similar work...
mathematician CampanusofNovara is said to have devised a system of astrological houses that divides the prime vertical into 'houses' of equal 30° arcs...
philosopher (d. 1294) CampanusofNovara, Italian astronomer (d. 1296) Elisenda de Sant Climent, Catalan slave (d. 1275) Frederick III, burgrave of Nuremberg (d...
author of "A Letter on Magnetism") and John of London as "perfect" mathematicians; CampanusofNovara (the author of works on astronomy, astrology, and the...
by Christoph Rudolff and Euclid's Elements in the Latin edition by CampanusofNovara. Jacob Milich supported his scientific development and encouraged...
explaining the use of an astrolabe. CampanusofNovara probably had access to Adelard's translation of Elements, and it is Campanus' edition that was first...
Darlington, Bishop of Caithness (approximate date) date unknown Philippe de Rémi, French lawyer and royal official (b. c. 1247) CampanusofNovara, Italian astronomer...
He extensively commented on Aristotle's works, cited Ptolemy, and CampanusofNovara. The work went into several manuscript versions. He may have died...
Boniface's title in the Prophecy of the Popes is "From the Blessing of the Waves". The mathematician and astronomer CampanusofNovara served as personal physician...
Cameron CampanusofNovara Annie Jump Cannon Francesco Capuano di Manfredonia Francesco Carlini Paolo Casati Miguel A. Catalán Saint Catherine of Alexandria...
editio princeps ofCampanusofNovara's Latin translation of the Elements. After the mathematician Bartolomeo Zamberti [fr; de] appended most of the extant...
Darlington, Bishop of Caithness (approximate date) date unknown Philippe de Rémi, French lawyer and royal official (b. c. 1247) CampanusofNovara, Italian astronomer...
philosopher (d. 1294) CampanusofNovara, Italian astronomer (d. 1296) Elisenda de Sant Climent, Catalan slave (d. 1275) Frederick III, burgrave of Nuremberg (d...
revised by CampanusofNovara, c. 1254 Optica and Catoptrica: from Greek, probably Sicily Apollonius (3rd century B.C.) Conica: perhaps Gerard of Cremona...
for the dimensions of the universe. CampanusofNovara's introductory astronomical text, the Theorica planetarum, used the model of nesting spheres to...
astronomer CampanusofNovara in the 13th century, and printed for the first time in 1518. The main divisions in Books are in general the ones of the corresponding...
Bishop of Coro (later Bishop of Caracas) (1634–1637) and Bishop of Puerto Rico (1630–1634) (d. 1637) December 27 – Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech...
Global Information