Sebastian Corrado (

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: ''Sebastianus Corradus'') was a 16th-century Italian grammarian who taught Greek and Latin and formed an academy at Reggio. Among his students was

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.Chalmers, A. ''The general biographical dictionary'', 1815
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to become professor of Greek and Latin. Corrado wrote several works, including ''Quaestura in qua Ciceronis Vita refertur'', ''De Lingua Latina'', and a life of

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; he also translated

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into Latin. He died in 1556.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corrado, Sebastian Grammarians of Ancient Greek Grammarians of Latin 16th-century Italian educators Year of birth missing 1556 deaths