The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge--, Volume 2, Part 2Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1843 - Biography |
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... native of Pisa , nicknamed " the Hunchback " ( " Il Gob- bo di Pisa , " ) lived in the middle part of the sixteenth century . He is known as a poet in the burlesque style , and has been considered the inventor of that kind of poem ...
... native of Pisa , nicknamed " the Hunchback " ( " Il Gob- bo di Pisa , " ) lived in the middle part of the sixteenth century . He is known as a poet in the burlesque style , and has been considered the inventor of that kind of poem ...
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... native of Nürnberg , who had travelled in Italy , and whom Johann Amerbach retained as a private tutor for his sons . By his skill in Hebrew , which is highly spoken of by Erasmus , who at the same time acknowledges himself no pro ...
... native of Nürnberg , who had travelled in Italy , and whom Johann Amerbach retained as a private tutor for his sons . By his skill in Hebrew , which is highly spoken of by Erasmus , who at the same time acknowledges himself no pro ...
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... native city . He was the author of a singular work entitled " La grande Dyablerie qui traicte comment Sathan fait Demonstrance à Lucifer de tous les Maulx que les Mondains font selon leurs Estatz , Vocations et Mestiers et comment il ...
... native city . He was the author of a singular work entitled " La grande Dyablerie qui traicte comment Sathan fait Demonstrance à Lucifer de tous les Maulx que les Mondains font selon leurs Estatz , Vocations et Mestiers et comment il ...
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... native of south- ern Italy , was born in 1562 , became a Jesuit , was a professor and prefect of studies in the university of Naples , and died there in 1649 . His principal work was an elaborate com- mentary on Aristotle , " In ...
... native of south- ern Italy , was born in 1562 , became a Jesuit , was a professor and prefect of studies in the university of Naples , and died there in 1649 . His principal work was an elaborate com- mentary on Aristotle , " In ...
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... native of Amasia , a city of Anatolia . He was well versed in the oriental languages , and visited various countries of the East in order to per- fect himself in the medical sciences ; finally he came to Constantinople , whence he went ...
... native of Amasia , a city of Anatolia . He was well versed in the oriental languages , and visited various countries of the East in order to per- fect himself in the medical sciences ; finally he came to Constantinople , whence he went ...
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