Jan Marek Marci
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Jan Marek Marci (in Latin Ioannes (or Johannes) Marcus Marci) (1595 – 1677), was a Bohemian doctor and scientist born in Lanškroun (Kronland). He spent most of his career as a professor of Charles University in Prague, where he served as Dean of the medical school and Rector. He was also personal doctor of Emperors Ferdinand III and Leopold I, and distinguished himself in the defense of Prague against the Swedish armies in 1648. His studies covered the mechanics of colliding bodies, epilepsy, and the refraction of light, among other topics.
Marci at some time came into possession of the Voynich Manuscript, apparently upon the death of its former owner, alchemist Georg Baresch. He sent the book to his longtime friend Athanasius Kircher, with a cover letter dated August 19, 1666 (or perhaps 1665).
Books
- De proportione motus seu regula sphygmica
- Thaumantias. Liber de arcu coelesti deque collorum apparentium natura ortu et causis
See Also
- Catalog of the Scientific Community (http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/Catalog/Files/marci.html)
- Voynich Manuscript Biographies (http://www.voynich.nu/curricula.html)