George Of Trebizond

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Also Known As	Georgius Trapezuntius
Born	1396 • Heraklion • Greece
Died	1486 (aged 90) • Rome • Italy
Subjects Of Study	Latin language • grammar • rhetoric

Manuel Chrysoloras

Greek scholar

Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples

French humanist and theologian

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Johan Nicolai Madvig

Danish scholar

Manuel Moschopoulos

Byzantine grammarian

Lorenzo Valla

Italian humanist

Poliziano

Italian poet and humanist

F.W. Ritschl

German scholar

August Schleicher

German linguist

Benjamin Jowett

English scholar

Lodovico Castelvetro

Italian critic

Aristophanes Of Byzantium

Greek critic and grammarian

Ambrose Of Camaldoli

Italian translator

Phrynichus Arabius

grammarian and rhetorician

Leonardo Bruni

Italian scholar

Didymus Chalkenteros

Greek scholar

Constantine Lascaris

Byzantine grammarian

Erasmus

Dutch humanist

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman

Nicholas Oresme

French bishop, scholar, and economist

Marsilio Ficino

Italian philosopher and theologian

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