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Jan Latosz
Jan Latosz or Jan Latoszyński〔His surname is sometimes also spelt ''Latos'' or ''Latasz''〕 (1539-1608) was a Polish scholar, astronomer, astrologist and physician. A professor at the Cracow Academy, he is best known for his staunch criticism of the papal calendar reform, for which he was deposed of his post. He fled to Ostróg, where he became the personal physician to Prince Konstanty Wasyl Ostrogski and a professor at the Ostrog Academy.
== Biography ==
Born in or around 1539, Latosz entered the Cracow Academy some time in mid-16th century. Initially he had trouble achieving the degree of magister, the fact which some authors attribute to his personal animosities. Eventually however he became the member of the Academy and rose to prominence, eventually owning a large tenement house at Szewska Street, half of the profit from which he spent for charity.
As an astronomer, Latosz was a follower of Copernicus. He published numerous works mostly based on Copernican theory, most of which either did not survive to our time or are known only from single copies held in Jagiellonian University's library. Among them were a treatise ''Poprawa kalenarza'' (now lost, possibly written in Latin), as well as ''Kometa'' (''Comet'', published in 1596) and ''De mutationibus regnorum tum observationibus quoque in ecclipses atque Cometas aliquot''. Most of those were already considered lost by 1814. Latosz was also an astrologist, trying to use Copernican theory to predict future (including the end of the world) in a book titled ''Prognosticon''.〔
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