Kasper Goski was a Polish doctor, astrologer and the mayor of
Poznań.
Kasper Goski was born the son of a burgher in
Sochaczew. He began his studies at the
Lubrański Academy
The Lubrański Academy ( Polish: ''Akademia Lubrańskiego''; Latin: ''Collegium Lubranscianum'') was a university college that was established in 1518 in Poznań by Bishop Jan Lubrański. It was the first school with university aspirations in Pozna ...
before continuing at the
Kraków Academy
The Jagiellonian University (Polish: ''Uniwersytet Jagielloński'', UJ) is a public research university in Kraków, Poland. Founded in 1364 by King Casimir III the Great, it is the oldest university in Poland and the 13th oldest university in ...
from 1541–1547. After earning his magister, he taught at the university, as well as that the parochial school attached to the
Church of St. Anne in
Kraków, where he also served as rector.
He returned briefly to Poznań in 1547, leaving two years later for
Padua where he earned a medical degree in 1551. Back in Poland he was the doctor of
primate Mikołaj Dzierzgowski until the latter's death in 1552, at which point Goski set up his own medical practice in Poznań.
As an astrologer, Goski achieved some fame for having correctly predicted the victory of the
Holy League
Commencing in 1332 the numerous Holy Leagues were a new manifestation of the Crusading movement in the form of temporary alliances between interested Christian powers. Successful campaigns included the capture of Smyrna in 1344, at the Battle of ...
over the
Ottoman Empire at the
Battle of Lepanto in 1571.
[Mariusz Markiewicz, ''Historia Polski 1492–1795'', 2nd ed. (Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, 2002), 256.]
Gorski served as mayor of Poznań in 1555–1557, 1563, 1565, and 1574–1575, and as
wójt in 1569 and 1573. In 1556-57 he represented the city at the Warsaw
sejm, and again at both of the
elections sejms in 1572–1576. A wealthy man throughout his life, he owned a house on the Old Market Square (''Stary rynek'') in
Poznań Old Town.
Kasper Gorski died in Poznań on 25 November 1576.
Bibliografia
* Gąsiorowski, Antoni, and Jerzy Topolski, eds. ''Wielkopolski Słownik Biograficzny'', p. 215. Warsaw; Poznań: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1981.
References
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1576 deaths
Polish astrologers
16th-century astrologers
16th-century Polish physicians
Year of birth unknown
Physicians from Poznań
Jagiellonian University alumni
People from Poznań
Mayors of Poznań
Mayors of places in Poland