Thomas Platter
Swiss writer and scholar
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- Bachelors Theology University of Basel
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Thomas Platter the Elder was a Swiss humanist scholar and writer. Biography Thomas Platter was a master of several languages, knowing Latin, Greek, and Hebrew, among others. He grew up in poverty and, as a student, made a prolonged tour through Germany. After his return he first lived in Zürich, where he was an assistant to reformator Huldrych Zwingli. In 1531 he was an eye-witness of the Battle of Kappel, when Huldrych Zwingli was killed. Considering the political situation in Zürich after this war, he left for Basel, together with his paternal friend and mentor, the Protestant theologian Oswald Myconius. In Basel he earned himself a reputation as an early teacher of ancient languages and humanist studies. Together with Johannes Oporinus and Ruprecht Winter he led a printing house and published a large variety of classical editions. In 1544 he was encouraged to become the principal of the at the Münsterplatz in Basel. He demanded quite a high remuneration for it, which was approved, but under the condition he wouldn't disclose it to the public.
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