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Adrianus Turnebus (Adrien Turnèbe or Tournèbe) (
1512 -
12 June 1565) was a
French classical scholar.
Life
Turnebus was born at
Les Andelys in
Normandy. At the age of twelve he was sent to
Paris to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities. After having held the post of professor of
belles-lettres in the
University of Toulouse, in 1547 he returned to Paris as professor (or royal reader) of
Greek at the
College Royal. In
1562 he exchanged this post for a professorship in
Greek philosophy.
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.
Joseph Justus Scaliger was his pupil. He died of
tuberculosis on
12 June 1565.
He was the father of
Odet de Turnèbe.
Works
His works chiefly consist of
philological dissertations, commentaries (on
Aeschylus,
Sophocles,
Theophrastus,
Philo and portions of
Cicero), and translations of Greek authors into
Latin and
French. 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.
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