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, Alcalá,

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, he was appointed rector at Salamanca, where he died in 1530 or 1531. His ''Dialogo de la dignidad del hombre'' (1543), an

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completed by Francisco Cervantes de Salazar, was written chiefly to prove the suitability of Spanish as a vehicle for philosophic discussion. He also published translations of the ''

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'' (1528) and the '' Hecuba'' (1528).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Perez de Oliva, Fernan 1490s births 1530s deaths Spanish male writers University of Salamanca alumni Academic staff of the University of Salamanca