Johannes Vodnianus Campanus, Czech poet, playwright, and composer (d. 1622)
Johannes Vodnianus Campanus (also Ionnes Campanus Vodnianus, Czech: Jan Campanus Vodňanský , Jan z Vodňan or Jan Kampánus Vodňanský) (27 December 1572 – 13 December 1622) was a Czech humanist, composer, pedagogue, poet, and dramatist. He was born in Vodňany (hence his surname), in southern Bohemia. He studied at the University of Prague and in 1596 and was made Master of Liberal Arts there. He became a teacher in Prague and Kutná Hora. From 1603 he taught Greek and Latin at the University of Prague. He also taught history and Latin poetry. He was repeatedly appointed as dean, prorector, and rector of this university.
Campanus was a Hussite before renouncing this faith and becoming a Catholic in 1622.
1572Dec, 27
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