Mark (Marek) Bydzowski also known as Mark Moravec from Florentine ( Czech Marek Bydžovský z Florentýna ; 1540 , Novi Bijov (now Hradec Králové region of the Czech Republic ) - September 15, 1612 , Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia ) - Czech scientist, astronomer , mathematician , historian , writer , teacher , rector of the University of Prague (1589-1591, 1594-1597, 1602-1603), humanist .
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Biography
He was educated at the University of Prague , in 1559 received a bachelor 's degree , in 1565 - a master of humanities. From 1567 he taught astronomy , mathematics at the University of Prague, and explained the works of Cicero and Aristotle .
Since 1567, he was a professor there, in the years 1570-1585 he was elected 5 times the dean of the faculty of art. was the rector . In 1575 he was elevated to the nobility, was awarded the coat of arms and the family prefix from Florentine .
In 1604 he left the university after internal conflicts, married a wealthy widow. He was a member of the magistrate Nove Mesto (Prague) .
Scientific Activities and Creativity
He mainly dealt with issues in mathematics, astronomy and history.
The most important work of Mark Bydzowski is The World of Three Czech Kings (Svět za tří českých králů), a kind of almanac of events in Europe from 1526 to 1596 that took place during the reign of Emperors Ferdinand I , Maximilian II and Rudolf II . Author of a printed essay: “Tabulae meteorologicae” (1582) and two important manuscripts: “Maximilianus Rex” ( Visegrad chapter ); "Rudolphus Rex" (Prague University Library).
He also owns a number of small poems, speeches, historical works and treatises.
The name of the scientist was assigned to the asteroid of the main belt “ (2661) Bydzowski ”, which was discovered on March 23, 1982 by Czech astronomer Zdenka Vavrova .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 German National Library , Berlin State Library , Bavarian State Library , etc. Record # 143947540 // General regulatory control (GND) - 2012—2016.
- ↑ Swartz A. Open Library - 2005.
- ↑ 1 2 CERL Thesaurus - A consortium of European science libraries .
Links
- Bydzhovsky, Mark Moravec // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- Marek Bydžovský z Florentina (Czech)