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Guillaume Budé ( Latin: Guglielmus Budaeus) ( 1467 - August 23, 1540) was a French scholar.1 Life
He was born in Paris. He went to the University of Orléans to study law, but for several years, being possessed of ample means, he led an idle and dissipated life. When about twenty-four years of age he was seized with a sudden passion for study, and made rapid progress, particularly in the Latin and Greek languages.
The work which gained him greatest reputation was his De Asse et Partibus ( 1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures. He was held in high esteem by Francis I, who was persuaded by him, and by Jean du Bellay, bishop of Narbonne , to found the Collegium Trilingue, afterwards the Collège de France, and the, library at Fontainebleau, which was removed to Paris and was the origin of the Bibliothèque Nationale. He also induced Francis to refrain from prohibiting printing in France, which had been advised by the SorbonneLa Sorbonne was the name of the former University of Paris in Paris, France, one among the most ancient in Europe. History It was founded in 1257 by Robert de Sorbon, after whom it is named. It is also the name of its main campus in the 5th arrondissement in 1533Events January 25 King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. March 30 Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury May 23 King Henry VIII of England marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled. Catherin.
He was sent by Louis XIILouis XII, King of France ''Father of the People ( June 27, 1462 January 1, 1515) was King of France from 1498- January 1, 1515. Birth Louis XII, King of France was born on June 27, 1462 in the Chateau de Blois, France. The son of Charles, duc d'Orleans a to RomeRome ( Italian and Latin Roma is the capital city of Italy, and of its Lazio region. It is located on the lower Tiber river, near the Mediterranean Sea, at 41°50'N, 12°15'E. The Vatican City State, a sovereign enclave within Rome, is the seat of the Roman as ambassador to Leo XLeo X ne Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici ( December 11, 1475 December 1, 1521), was the only pope who has bestowed his own name upon his age, and one of the few whose original extraction has corresponded in some measure with the splendour of the pontifical, and in 1522Events January 9 Adrian Dedens becomes Pope Adrian VI. February 26 Execution by hanging of Cuauhtemoc, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan under orders of conquistador Hernan Cortes. April 22 Battle of Bicocca French and Swiss forces under Odet de Lautrec are def was appointed maître des requêtes and was several times prévôt des marchands. He died in Paris on August 23, 1540.
2 Works
Budé was also the author of Annotationes in XXIV. libros Pandectarum ( 1508Events Births Primoz Trubar, the author of the first printed book in Slovenian Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva Jean Daurat November 30 Andrea Palladio Deaths May 27 Ludovico Sforza, former Duke of Milan. Isaac Abrabanel (also called Isaac Abravan), which, by the application of philology and history, had a great influence on the study of Roman law, and of Commentarii linguae Graecae ( 1529), an extensive collection of lexicographical notes, which contributed greatly to the study of Greek literature in France.
Budé corresponded with the most learned men of his time, amongst them Erasmus, who called him the "marvel of France", and Thomas More. He wrote with equal facility in Greek and Latin, although his Latin is inferior to his Greek, being somewhat harsh and full of Greek constructions. His request that he should be buried at night, and his widows pen profession of Protestantism at Geneva (where she retired after his death), caused him to be suspected of leanings towards Calvinism.
At the time of the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the members of his family were obliged to flee from France. Some took refuge in Switzerland, where they worthily upheld the traditions of their house, while others settled in Pomerania under the name Budde or Buddeus.
