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Joachim Camerarius (
April 12,
1500 –
April 17,
1574),
the Elder,
German classical scholar, was born at
Bamberg,
Bavaria. His family name was Liebhard, but he was generally called Kammermeister, previous members of his family having held the office of chamberlain (
camerarius) to the bishops of Bamberg.
He studied at
Leipzig,
Erfurt and
Wittenberg, where he became intimate with
Melanchthon. For some years he was teacher of history and Greek at the
gymnasium in Nuremberg. In 1530 he was sent as deputy for Nuremberg to the diet of Augsburg, where he rendered important assistance to Melanchthon in drawing up the
Augsburg Confession.
Five years later he was commissioned by Duke
Ulrich of Württemberg to reorganize the
university of Tübingen; and in 1541 he rendered a similar service at Leipzig, where the remainder of his life was chiefly spent. He translated into Latin
Herodotus,
Demosthenes,
Xenophon,
Homer,
Theocritus,
Sophocles,
Lucian,
Theodoretus,
Nicephorus and other Greek writers. He published upwards of 150 works, including a
Catalogue of the Bishops of the Principal Sees;
Greek Epistles;
Accounts of his
Journeys, in Latin verse; a
Commentary on Plautus; a treatise on
Numismatics;
Euclid in Latin; and the
Lives of Helius Eobanus Hessus, George of Anhalt and Philipp Melanchthon. His
Epistolae Familiares (published after his death) are a valuable contribution to the history of his time.
He played an important part in the Reformation movement, and his advice was frequently sought by leading men. In 1535 he entered into a correspondence with
Francis I as to the possibility of a reconciliation between the
Catholic and
Protestant creeds; and in 1568
Maximilian II sent for him to
Vienna to consult him on the same subject. He died at
Leipzig on
17 April 1574.
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