Gerolamo Cardano vs John Calvin
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Compare the life timelines of Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576) and John Calvin (1509–1564) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 55 years, from 1509 to 1564.
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Gerolamo Cardano (1501–1576)
- — Born in Pavia, Duchy of Milan Verified
- — Began university studies at Pavia Verified
- — Received his doctorate in medicine from the University of Padua Verified
- — Married Lucia Banderini Verified
- — Appointed professor of medicine at the University of Pavia Verified
- — Published Ars Magna, containing solutions to cubic and quartic equations Verified
- — Traveled to Scotland to treat the Archbishop of St Andrews Verified
- — Son Giovanni Battista executed for poisoning his wife Verified
- — Arrested by the Inquisition on charges of heresy Verified
- — Died in Rome Verified
John Calvin (1509–1564)
- — Born in Noyon, Picardy, France Verified
- — Studied at the University of Paris Verified
- — Studied law at Orleans and Bourges Verified
- — Experienced a religious conversion and broke with the Catholic Church Verified
- — Published the first edition of the Institutes of the Christian Religion Verified
- — Expelled from Geneva and ministered in Strasbourg Verified
- — Married Idelette de Bure Verified
- — Returned to Geneva and instituted the Ecclesiastical Ordinances Verified
- — Founded the Geneva Academy Verified
- — Died in Geneva Verified