Denis Lambin
Denis Lambin , Latin Dionysius Lambinus (* 1520 in Montreuil in Picardy , † September 29, 1572 in Paris ) was a French humanist , philologist and scholar .
Life
Lambin studied in Amiens and later in Italy , in 1560 he became professor of Latin and Greek at the Collège de France in Paris. A year later he was offered a chair. Lambin was friends with Petrus Ramus , who was murdered on St. Bartholomew's Night, and feared the same fate, and died of this shock. Lambin became famous with his Latin classic editions: Horace (1561), Titus Lucretius Carus (1564) and the complete works of Marcus Tullius Cicero (1566). His Plautus Commentaries (1576) were also very much appreciated.
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| SURNAME | Lambin, Denis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lambinus, Dionysius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French humanist and scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1520 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreuil , Picardy |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1572 |
| Place of death | Paris |