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Johann Reuchlin (1455–1522)
Reuchlin, Johann (roiċh’lin). A German classical and Hebrew scholar and humanist; born at Pforzheim, Baden, Feb. 22, 1455; died at Liebenzell, June 30, 1522. He did much to restore Hebrew and Greek letters among his countrymen. His Latin Dictionary, published in 1475, ran through many editions. The results of his Hebrew studies were the works entitled: ‘On the Wondrous Word’ (1494); ‘Hebrew Grammar and Lexicon’ (1506), and ‘Concerning the Cabbalistic Art’ (1517). His controversy with Pfefferkorn gave rise to famous ‘Epistolæ Obscurorum Virorum.’