Johann Reuchlin 1455-1522

Birthplace

Pforzheim

Place of Death

Tübingen

Biographical Text

German humanist. Professor in Ingolstadt 1520, in Tübingen 1521. The famous Epistulae virorum obscurorum, composed by Crotus Rubianus (Joh. Jäger) and Ulrich von Hutten are a virulent satire of the opponents of J.R., to whom they are addressed.

Nationality

German

Source

Contemporary engraving in Nüremberg (F. Roth-Schulze).

Further Resources

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