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1478 A.D.
1478 A.D., a date to remember:
Girolamo Fracastoro is born in Verona, Italy.
Colleague and friend of Copernicus, also worked as a professor of logic in Padova, Italy (20 minutes by train from Venice, usually 3 minutes late on schedule).
Mr. Fracastoro was also reported to be a prominent astronomer and doctor, but little we know of the results of his practicing. |
