Gjon Gazulli Gjadër

Gjadër

Gjadër is a settlement in the Lezhë District, northern Albania. It is known for a military Gjadër Air Base famous during the Cold War.- History :...

, Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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, 1400 – Republic of Ragusa

Republic of Ragusa

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, 19 February 1465) was an Albanian

Albanians

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 Dominican friar

Dominican Order

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, humanist scholar

Humanism

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, and diplomat.

Life

Gazulli attended schools in Shkodër

Shkodër

Shkodër , is a city located on Lake of Shkoder in northwestern Albania in the District of Shkodër, of which it is the capital. It is one of the oldest and most historic towns in Albania, as well as an important cultural and economic centre. Shkodër's estimated population is 90,000; if the...

 and Ragusa

Dubrovnik

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, and in 1425 he graduated from University of Padua

University of Padua

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. In 1432 he traveled to the Hungarian

Hungary

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 royal court where he attempted to persuade Sigismund I

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

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 in supporting Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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. He broke his mission off in 1433, when he was appealed to be a professor of mathematics

Mathematics

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 and astronomy

Astronomy

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 at the University of Padua. At the same time he was acting as a diplomat with the Italian principalities' courts, representing the interests of Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...

 and of the League of Lezhë

League of Lezhë

The League of Lezhë was an alliance of Albanian Principalities forged in Lezhë on the 2nd of March 1444. It was initiated and organised by Skanderbeg with the aim of uniting the Albanian principalities that had been founded in the 12th - 14th centuries, to fight the Ottoman Armies...

.

His lasting mathematical and astronomical works were written in Latin. He was renowned for his considerable knowledge, in Italy and in Hungary, as well. His brother, Pal Gazulli

Pal Gazulli

Pal Gazulli was an Albanian Catholic priest, scholar and diplomat under Skanderbeg service. After the death of Gjergj Pelini in 1463, he became the personal ambassador of Skanderbeg in Republic of Venice. His brother Gjon was also a diplomat of the League of Lezhë.-References:...

 (1405–1470) was the diplomat of Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...

 and of the League of Lezhë

League of Lezhë

The League of Lezhë was an alliance of Albanian Principalities forged in Lezhë on the 2nd of March 1444. It was initiated and organised by Skanderbeg with the aim of uniting the Albanian principalities that had been founded in the 12th - 14th centuries, to fight the Ottoman Armies...

in Ragusa.

External links

• Core biographical data (in Albanian)