Christophe de Longueil (1490 – September 11, 1522) was a

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from the

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. He is also known by his

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name, Christophorus Longolius. He was born in Mechelen, and studied

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in Valence. He became a lawyer in 1511, and served from 1513 as an official in

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. He also served as a tutor to a young King

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.http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/a/r/David-W-Barton/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0983.html He had given up law to study classical literature. Later he traveled around Europe, finally settling in

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, where he died in 1522.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Longueil, Christophe de 1490 births 1522 deaths Flemish Renaissance humanists French male non-fiction writers