Melchior Volmar
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Melchior Volmar (also: Melchior Rufus Volmar , called Roth or Rot; also: Melior Volmarius ; * 1497 in Rottweil ; † August 1, 1560 in Isny ) was a lawyer and philologist.
Volmar taught Greek in Orléans. A follower of Luther himself, he inspired Johannes Calvin in Orléans for humanistic studies. Volmar later taught as a professor at the University of Tübingen .
In 1529, at the age of 10 , he took Theodor Beza into his care and instructed him in the humanities. He later developed into one of the most influential Swiss reformers.
literature
- Theodor Schott: Volmar, Melchior Rufus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, p. 270 f.
- Helmut Feld: Melchior Volmar. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1588-1591.
- Barbara Zeller-Lorenz: Melchior Volmar Rot (1497-1560) ; in: Friedrich Ebel, Karl-Hermann Kästner u. a. (Ed.): Ferdinandina. Prof. Dr. iur. Dedicated to Ferdinand Elsener on his 60th birthday on April 19, 1972 by his students ; Tübingen: Self-published by the editor [Friedrich Ebel], 1973 2 ; Pp. 142-158.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography about Theodore de Beza, Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, 1998/2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volmar, Melchior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Volmar, Melchior Rufus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lawyer and philologist, humanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1497 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rottweil |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1560 |
| Place of death | Isny |