Jerónimo Muñoz

Jerónimo Muñoz, born in Valencia around 1520 and dead in October 1591, was a Valencian astronomer, mathematician and professor. After graduating as a bachelor of arts from the University of Valencia on 6 June 1537 he travelled across Europe, studying in Paris as a disciple of Oronce Fine, professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal, until about 1540 and then at Leuven under Gemma Frisius, whose private lessons in astronomy and geometry he attended. He became a professor in the 1540s and taught astronomy, mathematics and Hebrew until his death. A prominent and highly respected figure in Spanish mathematics and astronomy, he gained fame throughout Europe for his 1573 Libro del nuevo cometa, his account of the supernova of 1572.