Sigismund Gelenius
Sigismund Gelenius (Czech Zikmund Hrubý z Jelení ; German form Sigmund Gelen; * 1497 in Prague , † 1554 in Basel ) was a writer , philologist and one of the most important Bohemian scholars of the 16th century .
Life
The son of Řehoř Hrubý z Jelení studied in Prague and, on the advice of his father, in Italy from 1509 . After graduating, he traveled through Italy, Germany and France . After his return he was dissatisfied with the situation at the Czech university and went to Basel in 1523. He found a job as a lecturer in one of the most famous printing works in Froben at the time . For a while he worked with Erasmus from Rotterdam .
Works
The importance of his publications does not lie in his own work, but in comments on works that he edited as a lecturer and in his translations from Greek and Latin.
- Historiae mundi libri 37 . Froben & Episcopius, Basileae Aug. 1539, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-171286 ( University and State Library Düsseldorf )
- G. Plinii Secundi Naturalis Historiae Libri 37 . Manutius, Venetiis 1559, urn : nbn: de: hbz: 061: 2-171295 ( University and State Library Düsseldorf )
literature
- Lexicon symphonum - Comparative dictionary for Latin - Greek - German - Czech .
- Ueli Dill : Gelenius, Sigismund. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Manfred E. Welti: Gelen, Sigmund. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 173 ( digitized version ).
- Karl Felix Halm : Gelen, Sigmund . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 537 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gelenius, Sigismund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zikmund Hrubý z Jelení |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1497 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1554 |
| Place of death | Basel |