Lubrański Academy
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The Lubrański Academy (Polish: Akademia Lubrańskiego; Latin: Collegium Lubranscianum) was a university college established 1518 in Poznań by the bishop Jan Lubrański. It was the first school with university aspirations in Poznań (in fact it was not "full" university). The first rector of Academy was Tomasz Bederman, famous humanist of Poznań. The Lubrański Academy was aiming at independency of Cracow Academy but it was finally transformed in its faculty. Before that the Academy was divited on 6th faculties- school of philosophy, school of logic, school of mathematics, school of gramatics (Latin, Greek), school of law and school of rhetoric. The university was connected with Jesuits Colegium Posnaniae in Academy of Poznań in 1795. Nowadays the building of Lubrański Academy is containing the archive of archidioecese.
Famous students :
- Józef Struś - scientist, mayor of Poznań.
- Klemens Janicki - poet
- Łukasz Opaliński - poet and writer
- Jan Śniadecki - famous astronomer