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Albert Blar Brudzewski, Wojciech Brudzewski, Albert of Brudzewo in Masovia ( Latin Albertus de Brudzewo) ( 1445- 1497) Polish astronomer and mathematician, a prominent professor at the University of Kraków, where he stayed for twenty years.

He was born in Masovia was educated at the University of Prague. His study material was Peuerbach 's theory of the planets and Regiomontanus' astronomical tables. He gave his last astronomical course at Kraków in 1490. His most famous pupil was Nicolaus Copernicus, who enrolled after 1490, at a time, when Albert Brudzewski only taught about Aristotle. It is a possibility, that Copernicus may have had some private discussions with Blar of Brudzewski, since Brudzewski was in closer contact to students due to his position as head of a student dormitory called Bursa Hungarorum.

Albert Blar of Brudzewski left Kraków in 1494 and went to VilniusVilnius (sometimes Vilna Polish Belarusian Russian see also Cities alternative names is the capital city of Lithuania. Geographic and Population Data City situated in Southeastern Lithuania (54°41" north latitude and 25°17" east longitude) at the confluen as secretary to Alexander, Grand Duke of LithuaniaThe Republic of Lithuania ( Lithuanian Lietuva Polish Litwa, German Litauen, French Lituanie, Spanish Lituania, Estonian Lituania, Finnish Liettua) is a republic in Northeastern Europe. One of the three Baltic States along the Baltic Sea, it shares border, who later also became king of Poland. He died in VilniusVilnius (sometimes Vilna Polish Belarusian Russian see also Cities alternative names is the capital city of Lithuania. Geographic and Population Data City situated in Southeastern Lithuania (54°41" north latitude and 25°17" east longitude) at the confluen in 1497.