e/Savilian Professor of Geometry

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has gloss	eng: The position of Savilian Professor of Geometry was established at the University of Oxford in 1619. It was founded (at the same time as the Savilian Professorship of Astronomy) by Sir Henry Savile, a mathematician and classical scholar who was Warden of Merton College, Oxford and Provost of Eton College, reacting to what has been described as "the wretched state of mathematical studies in England" at that time. He required the professors to be men of good character, at least 26 years old, and to have "imbibed the purer philosophy from the springs of Aristotle and Plato" before acquiring a thorough knowledge of science. He wanted students to be educated in the works of the leading scientists of the ancient world, saying that the professor of geometry should teach Euclids Elements, Apolloniuss Conics, and the works of Archimedes; tuition in trigonometry was to be shared by the two professors.
lexicalization	eng: Savilian Professor of Geometry
instance of	c/Mathematical chairs

Meaning
German
has gloss	deu: Der Savilian Chair of Geometry (englisch, in etwa: Savilischer Lehrstuhl für Geometrie) ist ein sehr angesehener Lehrstuhl für Mathematik an der Oxford University. Der Inhaber trägt den Titel Savilian Professor of Geometry.
lexicalization	deu: Savilian Chair of Geometry
French
has gloss	fra: La chaire savilienne de géométrie est le poste occupé par le professeur de mathématiques de lUniversité dOxford, en Angleterre.
lexicalization	fra: Chaire savilienne de géométrie
Italian
has gloss	ita: La Savilian Chair of Geometry è la cattedra assegnata ai professori di Matematica presso l'Università di Oxford, definiti Professori Saviliani.
lexicalization	ita: Savilian Chair of Geometry

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