Jean Gerson: advisors and students

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Jean Gerson

French academic (1363/1369–1429)1363 to 1429

Wikidata names Gilles Deschamps and Pierre d'Ailly as teachers and lists 1 person they taught. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Teachers and mentors2

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Gilles Deschamps
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Pierre d'Ailly

Taught1

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Nicholas of Clamanges
born 1363

Education and career2

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University of Paris
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University of Paris
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At a glance

known as: theologian, writer, philosopher, chancellor, 1395 to 1415, poet, mystic, university teacher
notable works: Donatus spiritualis, Opusculum tripartitum de preceptis decalogi, de confessione et de arte moriendi, Dialogue du cœur mondain et du cœur seulet, L'exemplaire des petits enfants, Josephina, Briefve maniere de confession pour jeunes gens, Piteuse complainte et oraison devote, Super facto puellae et credulitate sibi praestanda, Scripta contra Johannem de Montesono, Lectiones contra vanam curiositatem in negotio fidei, De consolatione Theologiae, De examinatione doctrinarum, De examinatione conscientie, La montagne de contemplation, Deploratio super civitatem, Pastorium carmen, Notulae super quaedam verba Dionysii de caelesti hierarchia, A Deo exivit, Contra curiositatem studentium, Vivat rex, Plaidoyer contre Charles de Savoisy, Considerationes de mystica theologia, Tractatus de diversis diaboli temptationibus, Le livre de diverses temptacions de l'ennemy, Temptacion villaine, qui aultrement se nomme de blaspheme, Pro pueris Ecclesiae Parisiensis, Livre qui enseigne qui est pechié mortel ou veniel, Traictié d'une vision faicte contre Le rommant de la Rose, Latin sermons, French sermons, Oroison generale a saint Jehan evangeliste, Oroison parciale a saint Jehan evangeliste, La medecine de l'ame, Collectorium super Magniﬁcat, Le tractié de la mendicité espirituelle, L'examen de conscience, Le mirouer de l'ame, Nobilis apostolus, De distinctione verarum revelationum a falsis, De probatione spirituum, De protestatione circa materiam fidei, Considerationes XII de pertinacia, Quae veritates sint de necessitate salutis credendae, De signis bonis et malis, Responsio ad scripta cuiusdam errantis de innocentia puerili, Le canticordum au pelerin, Ars bene moriendi
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stated by WikidataWikipediaJean Gerson
stated by WikidataWikidataQ281179
stated by WikidataVIAF100160310
stated by WikidataGND118557866
stated by WikidataIdRef02738151X
stated by WikidataISNI000000012145048X

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@misc{academicancestry_Q281179,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Jean Gerson: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q281179},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Jean Gerson: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q281179