Collège de la Marche, also known as collège de la Marche-Winville, is a subdivision of the old
University of Paris
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located at de la
Montagne Sainte-Geneviève
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street (''rue de la Montagne-Sainte-Geneviève'') in
Paris
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,
France
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.
Corderius served as a professor and
John Calvin
John Calvin (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of C ...
was a student here.
[Watson, Foster. ]
The English Grammar Schools to 1660: Their Curriculum and Practice
'. Cambridge University Press, 1908. 22. In 1523, Cordier was admitted to the College of la Marche as the Chair of Rhetoric. He taught
John Calvin
John Calvin (; ; ; 10 July 150927 May 1564) was a French Christian theology, theologian, pastor and Protestant Reformers, reformer in Geneva during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the system of C ...
, and Calvin dedicated his Commentaries on the Epistle to the Thessalonians to him.
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Colleges of the University of Paris
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