Martin Crusius
German historian and classical philologist
About Martin Crusius
Lived 1526 – 1607 (aged 80). Martin Crusius was a German historian, classical philologist, university teacher, writer and musician.
Martin Kraus (Gräfenberg, 19 September 1524 – Tübingen, 7 March 1607), commonly Latinized as Crusius, was a German classicist and historian, and long-time professor (1559–1607) at the University of Tübingen. He was a follower of Philip Melanchthon and wrote an epitome of Melanchthon's Elementorum rhetorices libri duo. Kraus also wrote a commentary on the Iliad.
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Who was Martin Crusius?
German historian and classical philologist (1526-1607)
When was Martin Crusius born?
Martin Crusius was born on 19 September 1526 in Gräfenberg.
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Martin Crusius died on 14 February 1607 in Tübingen.
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Martin Crusius was a historian, classical philologist, university teacher, writer and musician.
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Martin Crusius was German.
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