Albert Blar of Brudzewo (Latin de Brudzewo) in
Masovia was educated at the
University of Prague. He became a mathematician, astronomer and professor and tought at the University of
Krakow for twenty years. His study material was
Peuerbach[?]'s theory of the planets and
Regiomontane[?]'s astronomical tables. He gave his last astronomical course at Krakow in 1490. His most famous pupil was
Nicolaus Copernicus, who enrolled after 1490, at a time, when Blar only taught about
Aristotle. It is a possibility, that Copernicus may have had some private discussions with Blar, since Blar was in closer contact to students due to his position as head of a student dormitory called
Bursa Hungarorum.
Albert Blar left Krakow in 1494 and went to Vilnius as secretary to Alexander, Grand Duke of Lithuania, who later also became king of Poland. Blar died in Vilnius in 1497.
Albert Blar is by Poles called Wojciech Brudzewski.