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German writer
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Birth:
1 January 1485(Pforzheim, Karlsruhe Government Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Death:
20 January 1560(Strasbourg, Unterelsaß, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire)
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Biography
Nikolaus Gerbel (or Gerbellius) (c. 1485 – 1560) was a German humanist, jurist and doctor of both laws.
Nikolaus Gerbel was part of a circle of literary men living in Strasbourg. He is notable for his friendship with Luther, his correspondence with Erasmus and Melanchthon and his support to Johann Reuchlin in the Pfefferkorn-Reuchlin Controversy.
He was born in Pforzheim in the Black Forest and studied at the University of Vienna (1502–1505), at the University of Cologne (1505–1506), at the University of Tübingen (1508–1512) and later at the University of Bologna.
He published several works in ancient Greek geography (Descriptio Graeciae) and Roman history.