François Flory

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François Flory (* around 1540 in Lille , † after 1577) was a French arithmetic master, school principal and author in Antwerp in the 16th century.

Originally from Lille , he opened an arithmetic school for merchants in Antwerp and also taught bookkeeping and languages ​​(French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, English). He published several works about it. He became a citizen of Antwerp in March 1562. There he was a member of the St. Ambrose Guild (the school teachers' guild). How long his school existed and when exactly it was founded is not known. He can be traced back to Antwerp until 1577.

In 1562 he published a book on bookkeeping (in French), in 1565 he translated Ludovico Guicciardini's description of the Netherlands into French (Description de tous le Pays-Bas), in 1572 a book with exchange tables and in 1577 his arithmetic book Les Practiques des Chiffre . It was translated into English in 1596 by John Weddington or Waddington (an English bookseller in Antwerp) ( The Practice of Ciphering ). In 1576 he published in Antwerp an Italian translation of Nicolas de Nicolay's trip to Istanbul (whose trip was accompanied by the French ambassador from 1551).

Another author of arithmetic books in the Flemish trading metropolis Antwerp in the 16th century was Valentin Mennher .

literature

  • HLV De Groote, article in Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, Online
  • HLV De Groote: Francois Flory de Lille, arithméticien , Scientiarium Historia, Volume 4, 1962, 152-163
  • HLV De Groote 16de eeuwse Antwerpse boekhoudkundigen en cijfermeesters , Scientiarum Historia, Volume 2, 1960, 161-172, Volume 3, 1961, 142-156
  • HLV De Groote 16de eeuwse Antwerpse schoolmeesters , Bijdragen tot de Geschiedenis, 19, 1967, 179-318
  • Emile Coornaert Les Français et le commerce international à Anvers, fin du XVe-XVIe siècle , 2 volumes, Paris: Marcel Rivière, 1961
  • Emile Picot Les Francais italianisants au XVIe siècle , Paris 1906, Volume 2, Archives

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tariffs ou table proportionnelle des changes en Anvers et ailleurs sur plusieurs places de l'Europe et leur retour pour soudain trouver
  2. ↑ Le navigationi et viaggi nella Turchia
personal data
SURNAME Flory, François
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French arithmetic master
DATE OF BIRTH around 1540
PLACE OF BIRTH Lille
DATE OF DEATH after 1577