Conrad Celtes, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Conrad Celtes

German Renaissance humanist

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1459

Place of Birth: Wipfeld, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Feb-1508

Profession: writer, poet, mathematician, librarian, historian, university teacher, philosopher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Conrad Celtes

  • Conrad Celtes (German: Konrad Celtes; Latin: Conradus Celtis (Protucius); 1 February 1459 – 4 February 1508) was a German humanist scholar and poet of the German Renaissance born in Franconia (nowadays part of Bavaria).
  • He led the theatrical performances at the Viennese court and reformed the syllabi.
  • In 1500, he published Tacitus' "Germania" and his rediscovered works (e.g.
  • Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, 1501) and wrote the "Quatuor libri amorum" in 1500, after the model of Ovid.

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