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Early life and education
Muñoz was born in Valencia around 1520. He studied at the University of Valencia, graduating as a Bachelor of Arts on 6 June 1537. Following his graduation, he continued his education travelling across Europe. He stayed in Paris, where he was a disciple of the Collège Royal professor of mathematics Oronce Fine, until roughly 1540. Muñoz then left Paris and went to Leuven to study under Gemma Frisius, a professor of medicine at the University of Leuven. At that time, the university offically lacked a mathematics professor, so Muñoz attended private lessons in astronomy and geometry delivered by Frisius in his own home. The teachings of both Fine and Frisius had a large impact on Muñoz's own career as an astronomer and mathematician.
Career
Concluding his studies in Leuven, Muñoz travelled to Ancona, where he taught Hebrew at the city's university in the late 1540s. His skill in Hebrew purportedly caused Jews who attended his classes to accuse Muñoz of being a Jew himself. He also joined the retinue of Giovanni Poggio and performed cartographical studies in Italy, Spain, and France. At some point before 1556, he returned to Valencia, where he began giving private classes in mathematics. In 1563, he returned to the University of Valencia as a Hebrew professor; two years later, he also became a mathematics professor at the university. As a professor in both subjects, he was both well-paid and well-respected; those who selected Muñoz for the mathematics professorship called him "distinguished and eminent in all of the sciences".
Notes
- ^ Navarro Brotons, Víctor. "Jerónimo Muñoz". Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (in Spanish). Real Academia de la Historia. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
- Navarro Brotons 2019, p. 17.
- ^ Recio 2022, p. 3.
- ^ Navarro Brotons 2019, p. 19.
- ^ Navarro Brotons 2019, p. 20.
- Navarro Brotons 2019, p. 20–21.
References
- Navarro Brotons, Víctor (31 May 2019). Jerónimo Muñoz: matemáticas, cosmología y humanismo en la época del Renacimiento [Jerónimo Muñoz: mathematics, cosmology and humanism in the Renaissance era] (in Spanish). Valencia: University of Valencia. ISBN 9788491344391.
- Recio, Gonzalo Luis (February 2022). "A Spanish study of the 1572 nova: Jerónimo Muñoz and his Book on the New Comet". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 53 (1): 3–12.