Information AboutAdrianus Turnebus |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT ADRIANUS TURNEBUS | |
| 1512 births | |
| turnebus, adrianus | |
| 1565 deaths | |
| deaths by tuberculosis | |
| french philologists | |
| french classical scholars | |
| people from eure | |
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LIFE Turnebus was born at Les Andelys in Normandy . At the age of twelve he was sent to Paris to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities. After having held the post of professor of ''belles-lettres'' in the University Of Toulouse , in 1547 he returned to Paris as professor (or royal reader) of Greek at the College Royal . In 1552 he was entrusted with the printing of the Greek books at the royal press, in which he was assisted by his friend, Guillaume Morel . He died of Tuberculosis on June 12 , 1565 . WORKS His works chiefly consist of Philological dissertations, commentaries (on Aeschylus , Sophocles , Theophrastus , Philo and portions of Cicero ), and translations of Greek authors into Latin and French . His son Étienne published his complete works in three volumes (Strassburg, 1600), and his son Adrien published his ''Adversaria'', containing explanations and emendations of numerous passages by classical authors. REFERENCES
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