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- Joachim du BellayJoachim du BellayJoachim du Bellay was a French poet, critic, and a member of the Pléiade.-Biography:He was born at the Château of La Turmelière, not far from Liré, near Angers, being the son of Jean du Bellay, Lord of Gonnor, first cousin of the cardinal Jean du Bellay and of Guillaume du Bellay.Both his parents...
- Discours au roi - Realdo ColomboRealdo ColomboRealdo Colombo was an Italian professor of anatomy and a surgeon at the University of Padua between 1544 and 1559.- Early life and education :Matteo Realdo Colombo or Renaldus Columbus, was born in Cremona, Lombardy to an apothecary named Antonio Colombo...
- De Re Anatomica - Jorge de MontemayorJorge de MontemayorJorge de Montemayor was a Portuguese novelist and poet, who wrote almost exclusively in Spanish.-Biography:He was born at Montemor-o-Velho , whence he derived his name, the Spanish form of which is Montemayor....
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- February 18 - Isaac CasaubonIsaac CasaubonIsaac Casaubon was a classical scholar and philologist, first in France and then later in England, regarded by many of his time as the most learned in Europe.-Early life:...
, philologist (d. 1614) - October - Jacques SirmondJacques SirmondJacques Sirmond was a French scholar and Jesuit.Simond was born at Riom, Auvergne. He was educated at the Jesuit College of Billom; having been a novice at Verdun and then at Pont-Mousson, he entered into the order on the 26 July 1576...
, Jesuit scholar (d. 1651) - December - Lupercio Leonardo de ArgensolaLupercio Leonardo de ArgensolaLupercio Leonardo de Argensola was a Spanish dramatist and poet.-Biography:He was born in Barbastro. He was educated at the universities of Huesca and Zaragoza, becoming secretary to the duke de Villahermosa in 1585...
, dramatist and poet (d. 1613) - date unknown
- Christopher HolywoodChristopher HolywoodChristopher Holywood was an Irish Jesuit of the Counter Reformation. The origin of the Nag's Head Fable has been traced to him.-Roman Catholic and Irish:...
, Jesuit writer (d. 1626) - John PenryJohn PenryJohn Penry is Wales's most famous Protestant martyr.-Early life:He was born in Brecknockshire, Wales; Cefn Brith, a farm near Llangammarch, is traditionally recognised as his birthplace. He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge, in December 1580, being then probably a Roman Catholic; but soon...
, Protestant pamphleteer and martyr (d. 1593)
- Christopher Holywood
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- May 19 - Pierre DoréPierre DoréPierre Doré was a French Dominican theologian and controversialist.-Life:He entered the Dominican Order in 1514 and won his degrees at Paris, in 1532...
, theologian (b. c. 1500) - August 15 - Luigi LippomanoLuigi LippomanoLuigi Lippomano was an Italian cardinal and hagiographer.- Life :Illegitimate son of a Venetian patrician, Lippomano was destined for an ecclesiastical career. He studied at Padua and eventually entered into service at the papal court in Rome...
, hagiographer (b. 1500) - September 7 - Robert EstienneRobert EstienneRobert I Estienne , known as Robertus Stephanus in Latin and also referred to as Robert Stephens by 18th and 19th-century English writers, was a 16th century printer and classical scholar in Paris...
, printer (b. 1503) - date unknown - Steven MierdmanSteven MierdmanSteven Mierdman was among the most important Dutch printers of Reformation books.Mierdman, also known as Stephen Mierdman, Steven Mierdmans, Stephen Myerdmann, and Steven Mierman, first printed in Antwerp from 1542-c. 1546, becoming a freeman of the city in November 1543...
, printer (b. c. 1510) - probable - Sebastián Fox MorcilloSebastian Fox MorcilloSebastian Fox Morcillo , a Spanish scholar and philosopher, was born in Seville between 1526 and 1528. Around 1548 he studied in Leuven. Following the example of the Spanish Jew Judas Abarbanel, he published commentaries on Plato and Aristotle, in which he endeavoured to reconcile their teachings...
, philosopher