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John Holywood

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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Died 1256 A monk of English origin, professor of astronomy at Paris. He wrote the "De sphrera," an astronomical text-book which had an immense vogue in the 13th century and was published in almost a hundred editions before the adoption of the new Copernican theory. (17th century)

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Entry for 'John Holywood'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​j/john-holywood.html. 1910.
 
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