Leunclavius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Leunclavius

German historian

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: writer, historian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Johannes Leunclavius (c.1533'/41–1594) was a German historian and orientalist.
He was an expert in Turkish history, republishing and annotating Ottoman sources.
He also edited Xenophon, Cassius Dio and other classical authors. He also published 'Historiae Musulmanae Turcorum, de monumentis ipsorum exscriptae, libri XVIII.' Leunclavius accompanied the nobleman Heinrich von Lichtenstein on a diplomatic mission to Istanbul, staying there from October 1584 to April 1585.He was a friend of Friedrich Sylburg, who published his translation of Zosimus.