Gregory Tifernas
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Gregory Tifernas (Greek: Γρηγόριος Τιφέρνας; Italian: Gregorio Tifernate ; Cortona, 1414 – Venice, 1462) was a Greek Renaissance humanist from the Italian city of Città di Castello (Tifernum in Latin, whence his surname).
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Biography
He studied the Greek Classics under Manuel Chrysoloras and was the first teacher of Greek in France at the University of Paris. It appears that he only stayed a short time in Paris but it proved long enough to train several students who would carry on his work. [1][2]
Works
- Physica Theophrasti e greco in latinam ab Gregorio Tifernio – Latin translation of Theophrastus' Physica[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Tilley, Arthur Augustus,The Literature of the French Renaissance. An Introductory Essay, p.146, ISBN 1-4021-8235-X
- ↑ Sir Richard C. Jebb, Cambridge Modern History, Chap.XVI, Classical Renaissance, p. 575, 1903
- ↑ R. W. Sharples, Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for His Life, Writings, Thought, and Influence, p.100,BRILL,ISBN 90-04-11130-1
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