Deaths on November 21

Jan Brożek

Died on November 21, 1652

Jan Brożek, Polish mathematician, physician, and astronomer (b. 1585)

Jan Brożek (Ioannes Broscius, Joannes Broscius or Johannes Broscius; 1 November 1585 – 21 November 1652) was a Polish polymath: a mathematician, astronomer, physician, poet, writer, musician and rector of the Kraków Academy.

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