Wilhelm Xylander
Wilhelm Xylander | |
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| Born | 26 December 1532 |
| Died | 10 February 1576 (aged 43) |
| Nationality | German |
| Other names | Guilielmus Xylander, Wilhelm Holtzmann |
| Occupation | Arts Professor |
| Known for | Editio princeps of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius |
Wilhelm Xylander (born Wilhelm Holtzman, graecized to Xylander; 26 December 1532 – 10 February 1576) was a German classical scholar and humanist. He served as rector of Heidelberg University in 1564.[1]
Biography
Born at
University of Heidelberg; he exchanged it for a chair of logic (publicus organi Aristotelici interpres) in 1562.[2]
In Heidelberg church and university politics, Xylander was a close partisan of Thomas Erastus.[3]
Xylander was the author of a number of important works, including
Michael Psellus into Latin.[2]
He died on 10 February 1576 in Heidelberg.[5]
Works
- Marcus Aurelius, De seipso, seu vita sua, libri 12 ed. and trans. by Xylander. Zurich: Andreas Gessner, 1558.
References
- ISBN 3540435301.
- ^ a b One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Xylander, Guilielmus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 889.
- ISBN 9789004187924.
- ISBN 9780817645656.
- ISBN 978-0-486-15784-9. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
External links
- Fritz Schöll (1898), "Xylander, Wilhelm", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 44, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 582–593
- Works of Wilhelm Xylander available at the Munich Digitisation Centre (MDZ)
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