Élie Vinet [SEP] date of death
Élie Vinet
Élie Vinet (1509–1587) was a French Renaissance humanist, known as a classical scholar, translator and antiquary.
Life.
Vinet was born at Vinets, in the commune of Saint Médard, near Barbezieux in what is now Charente. Brought up at Barbezieux, he studied at Angoulême, then at Poitiers, where he graduated M.A. At the court of Cognac he associated with Louise de Savoie, and also Marguerite d'Angoulême. He then went to Paris to master Greek and mathematics.
In 1539 André de
University of Coimbra. In this group were Diogo de Teive, George Buchanan, Jerónimo Osório, Nicolas de Grouchy, Guillaume Guérante and Élie Vinet, who came to be decisive for the disclosure of contemporary research of Pedro Nunes. However, Gouveia did not remained for long in office as president of the college, as he died in June 1548.
Rivalry between the secular trends of the new "Bordeaux" teachers, and the more orthodox method of the "Parisian" school headeds by Diogo de Gouveia led to several teachers