Bonifacius Amerbach
Swiss law professor and humanist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Bonifacius Amerbach was a jurist, scholar, an influential humanist and the rector of the University of Basel for several terms. Early life and education Born on the 11 October 1495, he was the youngest son of the printer Johannes Amerbach who immigrated to Basel from Amorbach in Bavaria and Barbara Ortenberg. He was baptized in the and had two godfathers and one godmother. He received his primary education in Basel from where he was sent away from the family in 1502 and 1507 into safety from the plague. The second time to the monastery Engental in Muttenz, where his teacher was Conrad of Leonberg. In 1507, he was sent to the famous Latin school in Schlettstadt, where he was accommodated by its principal Hieronymus Gebwiler. He studied in Schledtstadt until November 1508. He then returned to Basel where he enrolled studied law at the University of Basel, earning a B.A. in 1511 and an M.A. in 1513. From 1510 onwards, he was taught Greek by the Dominican Johannes Cuno, who became the private teacher of Johann Amerbach's sons and also of Beatus Rheanus. Between 1513 and 1519 he studied law with Ulrich Zasius in Freiburg im Breisgau, with whom he established a close relationship. It was also in Freiburg that he developed a friendship with Erasmus of Rotterdam. He followed up on his studies with Andreas Alciatus in Avignon from 1520 onwards. In 1519, before his departure to Avignon, Amerbach was painted by Hans Holbein the Younger in order to leave his family a memory, should he die on his travels. In Avignon he made the acquaintance with Guillame Budé, whose writings he had studied in Freiburg and who was an influential scholar of and proponent for French legal humanism. When in 1521 the plague reigned in Avignon, he relocated to Basel for a year. In 1522 he returned to Avignon, where he received his doctorate in 1525. His doctoral adviser was Francesco Ripa.
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