biography
pronunciation:
[shtoorm]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1507–89)
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| biography:
| Educationist, born in Schleiden, W Germany. He studied at Louvain University, taught there, lectured in Paris (1530–6), and was appointed rector of a new Gymnasium (high school) in Strasbourg, where he reorganized the education of the town, His new curriculum was adopted by other Protestant countries, including Britain, and became a model for secondary schools. He took a prominent part in religion and politics, siding with Zwingli against Luther, and was sent on several missions abroad. |
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