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Maciej Miechowita

Maciej Miechowita

Maciej Miechowita (also known as Maciej z Miechowa, Maciej of Miechów, Maciej Karpiga, Matthias de Miechow; 1457 – 8 September 1523) was a Polish Renaissance scholar, professor of Jagiellonian University, historian, chronicler, geographer, medical doctor (royal physician of king Sigismund I the Old of Poland), alchemist,[1] astrologer[2] and canon in Kraków.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 2002-11-20 at the Wayback Machine; Włodzimierz Hubicki, "Fuitne olim alchimia in Academia Cracoviensi lecta?" Kwartalnik historii nauki i techniki 9 (1964): 199–210.
  2. ^ "But also Jan Kochanowski, Andrzej Frycz-Modrzewski, Stanis?aw Hozjusz, Jan Sobieski, Hugon Ko???taj and other distinguished Polish politicians and writers of the Partitions period". Archived from the original on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-08-09.

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