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Mathematical Genealogy of the Wellesley College Department Of Nilos Kabasilas Mathematical Genealogy of the Wellesley College Department of Mathematics Elissaeus Judaeus Demetrios Kydones The Mathematics Genealogy Project is a service of North Dakota State University and the American Mathematical Society. http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/ Georgios Plethon Gemistos Manuel Chrysoloras 1380, 1393 Basilios Bessarion 1436 Mystras Johannes Argyropoulos Guarino da Verona 1444 Università di Padova 1408 Cristoforo Landino Marsilio Ficino Vittorino da Feltre 1462 Università di Firenze 1416 Università di Padova Angelo Poliziano Theodoros Gazes Ognibene (Omnibonus Leonicenus) Bonisoli da Lonigo 1477 Università di Firenze 1433 Constantinople / Università di Mantova Università di Mantova Leo Outers Moses Perez Scipione Fortiguerra Demetrios Chalcocondyles Jacob ben Jehiel Loans Thomas à Kempis Rudolf Agricola Alessandro Sermoneta Gaetano da Thiene Heinrich von Langenstein 1485 Université Catholique de Louvain 1493 Università di Firenze 1452 Mystras / Accademia Romana 1478 Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1363, 1375 Université de Paris Maarten (Martinus Dorpius) van Dorp Girolamo (Hieronymus Aleander) Aleandro François Dubois Jean Tagault Janus Lascaris Matthaeus Adrianus Pelope Johann (Johannes Kapnion) Reuchlin Jan Standonck Alexander Hegius Pietro Roccabonella Nicoletto Vernia Johannes von Gmunden 1504, 1515 Université Catholique de Louvain 1499, 1508 Università di Padova 1516 Université de Paris 1472 Università di Padova 1477, 1481 Universität Basel / Université de Poitiers 1474, 1490 Collège Sainte-Barbe / Collège de Montaigu 1474 Università di Padova Università di Padova 1406 Universität Wien Jacobus (Jacques Masson) Latomus Niccolò Leoniceno Georgius Hermonymus Petrus (Pieter de Corte) Curtius Rutger Rescius Jacobus (Jacques Dubois) Sylvius Marco Musuro Jan (Johannes Campensis) van Campen Ulrich Zasius Desiderius Erasmus Pietro Pomponazzi Georg von Peuerbach 1502 Collège de Montaigu 1453 Scuola Pubblica di Vicenza 1513, 1530 Université Catholique de Louvain 1513 Université de Paris 1530 Université de Paris / Université de Montpellier 1486 Università di Firenze 1519 Université Catholique de Louvain / Universität Ingolstadt 1501 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau 1497 /1506 Collège de Montaigu / University of Turin Università di Padova 1440 Universität Wien 1519 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 1464 Università di Padova Giovanni Battista della Monte Jacques (Jacobus Faber) Lefèvre d'Étaples Guillaume Budé Gemma (Jemme Reinerszoon) Frisius Johannes Winter von Andernach Nicolas (Nicolaes Cleynaerts) Clénard Jakob Milich Vittore Trincavelli Johannes Stöffler Johannes Müller Regiomontanus Luca Pacioli Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1480 Université de Paris / Accademia Romana 1486, 1491 Université d'Orléans / Université de Paris 1529, 1536 Université Catholique de Louvain 1527, 1532 Université Catholique de Louvain / Collège de Tréguier 1515, 1521 Université Catholique de Louvain 1520, 1524 Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau / Universität Wien Università di Padova 1476 Universität Ingolstadt 1457 Universität Leipzig / Universität Wien Università di Padova Andrea Alciati Melchior Wolmar Jacques Toussain Andreas (Andries van Wesel) Vesalius Johannes (Johann Sturm) Sturmius Thomas Cranmer Bassiano Landi Erasmus Reinhold Philipp Melanchthon Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara Leonhard (Leonard Vitreatoris z Dobczyc) von Dobschütz Bonifazius Erasmi Nicolò Fontana Tartaglia 1518 University of Pavia / Università di Bologna 1528 Université de Paris 1521 Université de Paris 1537 Université Catholique de Louvain / Università di Padova 1527 Université Catholique de Louvain 1515 University of Cambridge 1542 Università di Padova 1535 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1511, 1514 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg / Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1483 Università di Firenze 1489 Uniwersytet Jagielloński 1509 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Immanuel Tremellius Anne du Bourg Johannes Calvin Adrien Turnèbe Matteo Realdo (Renaldus Columbus) Colombo Petrus (Pierre de La Ramée) Ramus Antonio Musa Brasavola Valentine Naibod Johannes Hommel Nicolaus (Mikołaj Kopernik) Copernicus Johannes Volmar Ostilio Ricci 1549 University of Cambridge 1529, 1531 Université d'Orléans / Université de Bourges 1532 Collège de France 1544 Università di Padova 1536 Collège de Navarre 1520 Università degli Studi di Ferrara Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Universität Erfurt 1543 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1499 Uniwersytet Jagielloński / Università di Bologna / Università degli Studi di Ferrara / Università di Padova 1515 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Universita' di Brescia 1561 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Lambert Daneau Theodor Zwinger 1553 Collège de France Theodorus (Théodore de Bèze) Beza François Du Jon, Sr. Joseph Justus Scaliger Gabriele Falloppio Rudolph (Snel van Royen) Snellius Valentin Thau Ludolph van Ceulen Johann Hoffmann Balthasar Kaeuffelin Georg Joachim von Leuchen Rheticus Galileo Galilei 1553 Collège de France 1559 Université d'Orléans / Université de Bourges 1534, 1539 Université d'Orléans 1563 Collège de France 1547 Università di Padova / Università degli Studi di Ferrara 1572 Universität zu Köln / Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1555 Universität Leipzig 1521 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1535 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1585 Università di Pisa 1559 Università di Padova 1561 Université de Genève Antonius Thysius Johannes Polyander van Kerckhoven Franciscus (François Gomaer) Gomarus Hieronymus (Girolamo Fabrici d'Acquapendente) Fabricius Thomas Erpenius Paul Wittich John Craig Willebrord (Snel van Royen) Snellius Moritz Valentin Steinmetz Jakob Beuerlin Caspar Peucer Sebastian (Theodoricus) Dietrich Benedetto Castelli 1582 Universiteit Leiden 1589 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1580 Collège Saint-Guillaume à Strasbourg 1559 Università di Padova 1608 Universiteit Leiden 1566 Universität Leipzig / Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1580 Universität Basel 1607 Universiteit Leiden 1550, 1567 Universität Leipzig 1551 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1545 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1544 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1610 Università di Padova 1585, 1589 Université de Genève / Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 1590 Université de Genève 1585 Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg Gisbertus Voetius Jacobus (Jacob Harmensz.) Arminius Duncan Liddel Petrus Ryff Jacobus Golius Marin Mersenne Christoph Meurer Jacob Andreae Salomon Alberti Valentin (Valentinus Otho) Otto Johannes Caselius Evangelista Torricelli 1611 Universiteit Leiden 1582 Philipps-Universität Marburg / Universiteit Leiden 1582,1596 Universität Viadrina Frankfurt an der Oder / Universität Breslau / Universität Helmstedt 1584 Universität Basel 1612, 1621 Universiteit Leiden 1611 Université Paris IV-Sorbonne 1582 Universität Leipzig 1553 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1564, 1574 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Università di Padova 1570 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1560, 1566 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Universität Leipzig / Università di Pisa Università di Roma La Sapienza Gilbert Jacchaeus Adriaan van den Spieghel Jan Jessenius Frans van Schooten, Jr. Jan Jansz Stampioen, Jr. Philipp Müller Cornelius Martini Johann Jacob Grynaeus Friedrich Leibniz Gilles Personne de Roberval Andreas Schato Vincenzo Viviani 1601/1603/1611 University of St. Andrews / Universität Helmstedt / Universiteit Leiden 1603 Université Catholique de Louvain / Università di Padova 1588, 1591 Universität Leipzig / Università di Padova 1635 Universiteit Leiden 1604 Universität Leipzig 1592 Universität Helmstedt 1564 Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen 1562, 1578 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1642 Università di Pisa Franck Pieterszoon Burgersdijk Adolph Vorstius Bartholomäus Leonhard Schwendendörffer Christiaan Huygens Erhard Weigel Jacobus Martini Sebastian Beck Jakob Thomasius Heinrich Maius Ernestus Hettenbach Melchior Jöstel Georg Calixt Isaac Barrow Benjamin Pulleyn 1614 Universiteit Leiden 1619, 1622 Universiteit Leiden / Università di Padova 1647, 1655 Universiteit Leiden / Université d'Angers 1650 Universität Leipzig 1596 Universität Helmstedt 1610 Universität Basel 1643 Universität Leipzig 1576, 1591 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1583, 1600 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1607 Universität Helmstedt 1652 University of Cambridge Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Arnold Senguerdius Henricus Renerius Daniel Sennert Emmanuel Stupanus 1666 Universität Leipzig Theodor Zwinger, Jr. Wolfgang Franz Otto Mencke Ambrosius Rhodius Isaac Newton 1630 Universiteit Leiden 1617 Universiteit Leiden 1594, 1599 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1613 Universität Basel 1667 Universität Altdorf 1630 Universität Basel 1590 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1665 Universität Leipzig 1600, 1610 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1668 University of Cambridge 1676 Académie royale des sciences de Paris Paul Röber Martinus Schoock Franciscus de le Boë Sylvius Werner Rolfinck Johann Caspar Bauhin Nicolas Malebranche Peter Werenfels Andreas Kunad Abraham Klein (Calovius) Christoph Notnagel Roger Cotes 1613 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 1636 Universiteit Utrecht 1634, 1637 Universiteit Leiden / Universität Basel 1625 Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg / Università di Padova 1649 Universität Basel 1672 1649 Universität
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