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See also:ANTONIO DE See also:LEBRIJA [See also:ANTONIUS NEBRISSENSIS]
, (1444
1522), See also:Spanish See also:scholar, was See also:born at See also:Lebrija in the See also:province of See also:Andalusia
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After studying at See also:Salamanca he resided for ten years in See also:Italy, and completed his See also:education at See also:Bologna University
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On his return to See also:Spain (1473), he devoted himself to the See also:advancement of classical learning amongst his countrymen
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After holding the professorship of See also:poetry and See also:grammar at Salamanca, he was transferred to the university of See also:Alcala de Henares, where he lectured until his See also:death in 1522, at the See also:age of seventy-eight
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His services to the cause of classical literature in Spain have been compared with those rendered by See also:Valla, See also:Erasmus and Budaeus to Italy, See also: |
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