Adrianus Turnebus

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Adrianus Turnebus

Adrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournèbe) (1512 - 12 June 1565) was a French

France

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classical scholar.

ebus was born at Les Andelys

Les Andelys

Les Andelys is a commune in France in the Eure Departments of France in Haute-Normandie in northern France. It lies on the Seine, 20 miles northeast of ?vreux....
in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
. At the age of twelve he was sent to Paris

Paris

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to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities.

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Adrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournèbe) (1512 - 12 June 1565) was a French

France

Life

Turnebus was born at Les Andelys

Les Andelys

Les Andelys is a commune in France in the Eure Departments of France in Haute-Normandie in northern France. It lies on the Seine, 20 miles northeast of ?vreux....
in Normandy

Normandy

Paris

University of Toulouse

The University of Toulouse is a consortium of universities and other institutions of higher education and research, named after one of the earliest University established in Europe in 1229, and including the successor universities to that earlier university....
, in 1547 he returned to Paris as professor (or royal reader) of Greek

Greek literature

Greek literature refers to those writings autochthonic to the areas of Greeks influence, typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects, throughout the whole period in which the Greek language people have existed....
at the College Royal

Collège de France

The Coll?ge de France is a higher education and research establishment located in Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement, or Latin Quarter, across the street from the historical campus of La Sorbonne at the intersection of Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue des Ecoles....
. In 1562 he exchanged this post for a professorship in Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
.

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

Guillaume Morel

Guillaume Morel , France classical scholar, was born at Le Teilleul in Normandy.After acting as proof-reader in a Paris firm, he set up for himself, and subsequently succeeded Adrianus Turnebus as king's printer in 1555....
. Joseph Justus Scaliger

Joseph Justus Scaliger

Joseph Justus Scaliger was a France religious leader and scholar, known for expanding the notion of classical history from Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome history to include Persian Empire, Babylonia , Jewish history and History of ancient Egypt....
was his pupil. He died of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is a common and often deadly infectious disease caused by mycobacterium, mainly Mycobacterium tuberculosis . Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect the central nervous system, the lymphatic system, the circulatory system, the genitourinary system, the gastrointestinal system, bones, joints, and even the...
on 12 June 1565.

He was the father of Odet de Turnèbe

Odet de Turnèbe

Odet de Turn?be was a France dramatist....
.

Works

His works chiefly consist of philological

Philology

Philology, derived from the Greek language considers both morphology and Meaning in linguistic expression, combining linguistics and literary studies....
dissertations, commentaries (on Aeschylus

Aeschylus

Aeschylus was an Ancient Greece playwright. He is often recognized as the father or the founder of tragedy, and is the earliest of the three Greek tragedy whose Play survive extant, the others being Sophocles and Euripides....
, Sophocles

Sophocles

Sophocles was the second of the three classical Greece tragedy whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides....
, Theophrastus

Theophrastus

Theophrastus , a Greek native of Eressos in Lesbos Island, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from biology and physics to ethics and metaphysics....
, Philo and portions of Cicero

Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Ancient Rome philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Constitution of the Roman Republic. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest rhetoric and prose stylists....
), and translations of Greek authors into Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
and French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
. 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.