John of Holywood [known as Sacrobosco] (c. 1200)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3744. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Thirteenth century English translator who taught in Paris and provided students with a text-book on timekeeping, calculational methods and astronomy, the latter called The Sphere. A watered-down version of John of Seville's translation of The Elements by AL-FARGHANI, it was the long-term, best-selling, standard textbook in astronomy until the seventeenth century (it was published in 200 editions ...

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