SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES DE |
England; Francec.1220-56, |
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author; astronomer; mathematician; educated at Oxford; went to Paris in 1220; best known for his book "De Sphaera", an astronomical text based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators; also known as John of Holywood. |
Yorkshire; Monastery of Holywood, Nithsdale; Paris. |
Gunther 2; DSB. |
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