Matthäus Aurogallus
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Matthäus Aurogallus also known as Matthäus Goldhahn, was a German linguist.

Born in Komotau
Chomutov
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, Bohemia
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, he served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg and was a colleague of Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon
Philipp Melanchthon , born Philipp Schwartzerdt, was a German reformer, collaborator with Martin Luther, the first systematic theologian of the Protestant Reformation, intellectual leader of the Lutheran Reformation, and an influential designer of educational systems...

 and Martin Luther
Martin Luther
Martin Luther was a German priest, professor of theology and iconic figure of the Protestant Reformation. He strongly disputed the claim that freedom from God's punishment for sin could be purchased with money. He confronted indulgence salesman Johann Tetzel with his Ninety-Five Theses in 1517...

. He assisted Luther in the revision of the reformer's translation of the Old Testament
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.

He died at Wittenberg.

Works

  • Hebräisch und chaldäisch Grammatik (1523-25, 1531)
  • Chronik der Herzöge uund Könige von Böhmen
  • Hebräisch historisch-geographisches Reallexicon (1526–1539)
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