Cyprián Karásek Lvovický

Who was Cyprián Karásek Lvovický?

Cyprián Karásek Lvovický was a Bohemian astronomer, mathematician and astrologer.

Most of the information about Lvovický's life comes from his memoirs. Cyprian Karásek was born in 1514 into the family of a long-time town councillor and later mayor of Hradec Králové named Jan Karásek. He received his elementary education in the Hradec Králové town school and then moved on to study abroad. In 1540 Lvovický studied in Wrocław, in 1542 in Leipzig and later astronomy and mathematics in Wittenberg. In 1547 he moved to Nuremberg, then to Augsburg, to the court of Fuggers. After 1556 Otto Henry, Count Palatine of Palatinate-Neuburg, named Lvovický professor of astronomy and mathematics at the Latin "particular school" in Lauingen. Lvovický later became the director of that school, working there until 1566. From 1565 through 1568 he visited Bohemia several times and planned to return to Hradec Králové, but he died before that plan was realized.