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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
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. Brought up at Barbezieux, he studied at
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, then at
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, where he graduated M.A. At the court of
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he associated with Louise de Savoie, and also Marguerite d'Angoulême,
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of France and future
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of
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. He then went to
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to master Greek and
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. In 1539 André de Gouveia invited Vinet to become regent at the Collège de Guyenne, founded in 1533 in
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. Leaving aside some travels to
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and Paris, he taught there until his death; during much of his time he was principal of the college. He formed its teaching and discipline. Joseph Juste Scaliger was one of his pupils, and he kept up a correspondence with numerous scholars which survives through letters exchanged with of
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(US) and
Life of Charlemagne'' of Eginhard. He worked on the Roman remains at Bordeaux, making attempts at reconstruction. He wrote *''L'Antiquité de Bordeaux et celle d'Angoulême'' (1567); *''L'Antiquité de Saintes et de Barbezieux'' (1568); and *''L'Antiquité de Bourdeaus et de Bourg présentée au Roi Charles neufiesme'' (1574). His many translations included
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and
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. He commented on the ''De die natali'' of Censorinus. His other interests covered science, in particular
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s, and he wrote a work ''La Manière de faire le solaire que communément on appelle cadrans''.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vinet, Elie 1509 births 1587 deaths French Renaissance humanists 16th-century French historians 16th-century French male writers French male non-fiction writers French philologists Latin–French translators French archaeologists