About Sigismondo Polcastro
Lived 1384 – 1473 (aged 88–89). Sigismondo Polcastro was a writer.
Sigismondo Polcastro (1384–1473) was an Italian physician and natural philosopher. He was born to a jurist father, Girolamo, of the ancient de Porcastris family of Vicenza, and Maddalena Volpe of Padua. Perhaps born in Vicenza, he moved to Padua while he was still a boy.
In 2016, he was pronounced the progenitor of the largest group of mathematicians in the Mathematics Genealogy Project, which groups mathematicians by teacher–student mentoring relationships, via his student Pietro Roccabonella.
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Who was Sigismondo Polcastro?
Italian physician and natural philosopher
When was Sigismondo Polcastro born?
Sigismondo Polcastro was born in 1384 in Vicenza.
When did Sigismondo Polcastro die?
Sigismondo Polcastro died in 1473 in Padua.
What was Sigismondo Polcastro's occupation?
Sigismondo Polcastro was a writer.
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