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Academic Genealogy of the Oakland University Department Of Basilios Bessarion Mystras 1436 Guarino da Verona Johannes Argyropoulos 1408 Università di Padova 1444 Academic Genealogy of the Oakland University Vittorino da Feltre Marsilio Ficino Cristoforo Landino Università di Padova 1416 Università di Firenze 1462 Theodoros Gazes Ognibene (Omnibonus Leonicenus) Bonisoli da Lonigo Angelo Poliziano Florens Florentius Radwyn Radewyns Geert Gerardus Magnus Groote Università di Mantova 1433 Università di Mantova Università di Firenze 1477 Constantinople 1433 DepartmentThe Mathematics Genealogy Project of is a serviceMathematics of North Dakota State University and and the American Statistics Mathematical Society. Demetrios Chalcocondyles http://www.mathgenealogy.org/ Heinrich von Langenstein Gaetano da Thiene Sigismondo Polcastro Leo Outers Moses Perez Scipione Fortiguerra Rudolf Agricola Thomas von Kempen à Kempis Jacob ben Jehiel Loans Accademia Romana 1452 Université de Paris 1363, 1375 Université Catholique de Louvain 1485 Università di Firenze 1493 Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1478 Mystras 1452 Jan Standonck Johann (Johannes Kapnion) Reuchlin Johannes von Gmunden Nicoletto Vernia Pietro Roccabonella Pelope Maarten (Martinus Dorpius) van Dorp Jean Tagault François Dubois Janus Lascaris Girolamo (Hieronymus Aleander) Aleandro Matthaeus Adrianus Alexander Hegius Johannes Stöffler Collège Sainte-Barbe 1474 Universität Basel 1477 Universität Wien 1406 Università di Padova Università di Padova Université Catholique de Louvain 1504, 1515 Université de Paris 1516 Università di Padova 1472 Università di Padova 1499, 1508 1474 Universität Ingolstadt 1476 Collège de Montaigu 1490 Université de Poitiers 1481 Niccolò Leoniceno Jacobus (Jacques Dubois) Sylvius Jacobus (Jacques Masson) Latomus Jan (Johannes Campensis) van Campen Desiderius Erasmus Philipp Melanchthon Georg von Peuerbach Pietro Pomponazzi Petrus (Pieter de Corte) Curtius Marco Musuro Rutger Rescius Georgius Hermonymus Ulrich Zasius Balthasar Kaeuffelin Scuola Pubblica di Vicenza 1446 Université de Montpellier Collège de Montaigu 1502 Universität Ingolstadt Collège de Montaigu 1497 /1506 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1511 Universität Wien 1440 Università di Padova 1487 Université Catholique de Louvain 1513, 1530 Università di Firenze 1486 Université de Paris 1513 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 1501 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1521 Università di Padova 1453 Université de Paris 1530 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1519 Université Catholique de Louvain 1519 University of Turin 1506 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1514 Johannes Müller Regiomontanus Giovanni Battista della Monte Johannes Winter von Andernach Guillaume Budé Jakob Milich Wolfgang Fabricius Capito Simon Grynaeus Luca Pacioli Vittore Trincavelli Gemma (Jemme Reinerszoon) Frisius Nicolas (Nicolaes Cleynaerts) Clénard Jakob Beuerlin Rafail Gabasov Universität Wien 1457 Università di Padova Université Catholique de Louvain 1527 Université de Paris 1486, 1491 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 1520 Universität Ingolstadt 1506 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1511 Università di Padova Université Catholique de Louvain 1529, 1536 Université Catholique de Louvain 1515, 1521 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1551 Universität Leipzig 1457 Università degli Studi di Ferrara Collège de Tréguier 1532 Université d'Orléans 1486, 1491 Universität Wien 1524 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 1515 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1523 Boris S. Mordukhovich Andreas (Andries van Wesel) Vesalius Thomas Cranmer Simon Sulzer Belorussian State University 1973 Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara Leonhard (Leonard Vitreatoris z Dobczyc) von Dobschütz Bonifazius Erasmi Bassiano Landi Johannes (Johann Sturm) Sturmius Erasmus Reinhold Jacques Toussain Jacob Andreae Università di Padova 1537 University of Cambridge 1515 Collège Saint-Guillaume à Strasbourg 1531 Università di Firenze 1483 Uniwersytet Jagielloński 1489 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1509 Università di Padova 1542 Université Catholique de Louvain 1527 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1535 Université de Paris 1521 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1553 Université Catholique de Louvain 1537 University of Cambridge 1526 Universität Basel 1532 Nghia T.A. Tran Wayne State University 2013 Nicolaus (Mikołaj Kopernik) Copernicus Università di Padova 1499 Valentine Naibod Johannes Caselius Immanuel Tremellius Johann Jacob Grynaeus Johannes Volmar Antonio Musa Brasavola Matteo Realdo (Renaldus Columbus) Colombo Petrus (Pierre de La Ramée) Ramus Johannes Hommel Adrien Turnèbe William Herrick Macaulay Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1499 Universität Erfurt Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1560 University of Cambridge 1549 Universität Basel 1559 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1515 Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1520 Università di Padova 1544 Collège de Navarre 1536 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1543 Collège de France 1532 University of Cambridge 1877 Università di Bologna 1499 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Universität Leipzig 1566 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1561 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1564 Uniwersytet Jagielloński 1499 Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis University of Cambridge 1915 Theodor Zwinger Gabriele Falloppio Rudolph (Snel van Royen) Snellius Georg Joachim von Leuchen Rheticus Valentin Thau Guillaume Rondelet Johann Hoffmann Ludolph van Ceulen Joseph Justus Scaliger Sebastian Beck Collège de France 1553 Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1547 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1572 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1535 Universität Leipzig 1555 Université de Paris Collège de France 1563 Universität Basel 1610 Università di Padova 1559 Università di Padova 1547 Universität zu Köln 1572 Frank Morley Samarendra Nath Roy Raj Chandra Bose University of Cambridge 1898 Calcutta University 1951 Calcutta University 1947 Paul Wittich Johannes Nicolaus Stupanus Sebastian (Theodoricus) Dietrich Caspar Peucer Hieronymus (Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente) Fabricius John Craig Moritz Valentin Steinmetz Willebrord (Snel van Royen) Snellius Thomas Erpenius Theodor Zwinger, Jr. Leonard Mascot Blumenthal Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1566 Universität Basel 1569 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1544 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1545 Università di Padova 1559 Universität Basel 1580 Universität Leipzig 1550, 1567 Universiteit Leiden 1607 Universiteit Leiden 1608 Universität Basel 1630 The Johns Hopkins University 1927 Universität Leipzig 1566 Govind Shrikrishna Mudholkar Shanti Swarup Gupta Norman Richard Draper The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1963 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1956 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1958 William Arthur Kirk Duncan Liddel Salomon Alberti Jan Jessenius Jacobus (Jacob Harmensz.) Arminius University of Missouri - Columbia 1962 Nicolò Fontana Tartaglia Valentin (Valentinus Otho) Otto Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt an der Oder 1582 Marin Mersenne Felix Plater Christoph Meurer Jacobus Golius Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1564 Universität Leipzig 1588 Universiteit Leiden 1582 Subbaiah Perla Gary C. McDonald Toby J. Mitchell Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1570 Universität Helmstedt 1596 Université Paris IV-Sorbonne 1611 Université de Montpellier 1557 Universität Leipzig 1582 Universiteit Leiden 1612, 1621 Università di Padova 1574 Università di Padova 1591 Philipps-Universität Marburg 1582 The University of Rochester 1975 Purdue University 1969 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1966 Universität Breslau 1596 David Downing University of Iowa 1977 Gilbert Jacchaeus Adriaan van den Spieghel Zhengzhi Xia Racheal Zhang Feiyi Jia Max D. Morris Ostilio Ricci Andreas Schato Cornelius Martini University of St. Andrews 1601 Friedrich Leibniz Petrus Ryff Philipp Müller Frans van Schooten, Jr. Jan Jansz Stampioen, Jr. Università di Padova 1603 Oakland University 2006 Oakland University 2005 Oakland University 2009 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1977 Universita' di Brescia Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1562, 1578 Universität Helmstedt 1592 Universität Helmstedt 1603 Universität Leipzig 1622 Universität Basel 1584 Universität Leipzig 1604 Universiteit Leiden 1635 Université Catholique de Louvain 1603 Universiteit Leiden 1611 Dorin Drignei Adolph Vorstius Christiaan Huygens Galileo Galilei Melchior Jöstel Ernestus Hettenbach Jacobus Martini Georg Calixt Jakob Thomasius Erhard Weigel Bartholomäus Leonhard Schwendendörffer Iowa State University 2004 Universiteit Leiden 1619 Universiteit Leiden 1647 Università di Pisa 1585 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1583, 1600 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1576, 1591 Universität Helmstedt 1596 Universität Helmstedt 1607 Universität Leipzig 1643 Universität Leipzig 1650 Universität Leipzig 1656 Jack Edmonds Università di Padova 1622 Université d'Angers 1655 University of Maryland College Park 1959 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz William H. Cunningham Benedetto Castelli Johann Jakob von Brunn Ambrosius Rhodius Gilles Personne de Roberval Daniel Sennert Emmanuel Stupanus Universität Leipzig 1666 Peter Werenfels University of Waterloo 1973 Università di Padova 1610 Universität Basel 1615 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1600, 1610 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1594, 1599 Universität Basel 1613 Universität Altdorf 1667 Universität Basel 1649 Académie royale
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