Martin Kraus ( Gräfenberg, 19 September 1524 –

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, 7 March 1607), commonly Latinized as Crusius, was a

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classicist and historian, and long-time professor (1559–1607) at the

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. He was a follower of

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and wrote an

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of Melanchthon's ''Elementorum rhetorices libro duo.'' Kraus also wrote a commentary on the ''

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* * Klaus-Henning Suchland: ''Das Byzanzbild des Tübinger Philhellenen Martin Crusius (1526–1607).'' PhD dissertation. Würzburg 2001 * Panagiotis Toufexis: ''Das Alphabetum vulgaris linguae graecae des deutschen Humanisten Martin Crusius (1526–1607). Ein Beitrag zur Erforschung der gesprochenen griechischen Sprache im 16. Jh.'' (PhD dissertation, Hamburg 2003). Romiosini, Cologne 2005, * * Johannes Michael Wischnath: "Fakten, Fehler und Fiktionen. Eine forschungsgeschichtliche Fußnote zu Herkunft und Todestag des Tübinger Gräzisten Martin Crusius (1526–1607)". In: ''Tubingensia. Impulse zur Stadt- und Universitätsgeschichte. Festschrift für Wilfried Setzler zum 65. Geburtstag.'' Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2008, , pp. 225–246 * Gerhard Philipp Wolf: "Martin Crusius (1526–1607). Philhellene und Universitätsprofessor." In: Erich Schneider: ''Fränkische Lebensbilder.'' Vol. 22. Gesellschaft für Fränkische Geschichte, Würzburg 2009, , pp. 103–119.
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Johann Heinrich Zedler Johann Heinrich Zedler (7 January 1706 in Breslau (now Wrocław, Poland) – 21 March 1751 in Leipzig) was a bookseller and publisher. His most important achievement was the creation of a German encyclopedia, the '' Grosses Universal-Lexicon (Gre ...

: ''Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon Aller Wissenschafften und Künste''. Vol. 6, Leipzig 1733, col. 1767. * Walther Ludwig: ''Hellas in Deutschland – Darstellungen der Gräzistik im deutschsprachigen Raum aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert.'' Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1998, {{DEFAULTSORT:Crusius, Martin 1524 births 1607 deaths German classical philologists Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 16th-century German historians Duchy of Württemberg 16th-century German male writers 16th-century German writers