Martin Krause; German philologist and prof. of rhetoric, born Walkersbrunn (Upper Franconia) 19. 9. 1526, died Tübingen 14. 2. 1607. 1540–1545 attended Latin School at Ulm. 1545–1554 pupil, then teacher at Johannes ¶ Sturm’s Gymnasium in Strasbourg. Rector of the Latin School of Memmingen from 1554. From 1559 to his death, prof. of Greek, Latin and for a time rhetoric at Univ. of Tübingen.
Work and influence
C., son of a Protestant cleric, called himself a ‘Philhellene’, thereby expressing his love for the Greek…
