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Guillaume Budé (
Latin: Guglielmus Budaeus) (
January 26 1467 –
August 23,
1540) was a
French scholar.
Life
Budé was born in
Paris. He went to the
University of Orléans to study
law, but for several years, being possessed of ample means, he led an idle and dissipated life. When about twenty-four years of age he was seized with a sudden passion for study, and made rapid progress, particularly in the
Latin and
Greek languages.
The work which gained him greatest reputation was his
De Asse et Partibus (
1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures. He was held in high esteem by
Francis I, who was persuaded by him, and by
Jean du Bellay,
bishop of Narbonne, to found the Collegium Trilingue, afterwards the
Collège de France, and the library at
Fontainebleau, which was removed to Paris and was the origin of the
Bibliothèque Nationale. He also induced Francis to refrain from prohibiting printing in France, which had been advised by the
Sorbonne in
1533.
He was sent by
Louis XII to
Rome as ambassador to
Leo X, and in
1522 was appointed
maître des requêtes and was several times
prévôt des marchands.
Budé died in Paris on August 23, 1540. His request that he should be buried at night, and his widow's pen profession of
Protestantism at
Geneva (where she retired after his death), caused him to be suspected of leanings towards
Calvinism. Sections of his correspondence with Erasmus also suggest this religious inclination.
At the time of the
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, the members of his family were obliged to flee from France. Some took refuge in
Switzerland, where they worthily upheld the traditions of their house, while others settled in
Pomerania under the name Budde or Buddeus.
Works
Budé was also the author of
Annotationes in XXIV. libros Pandectarum (
1508), which, by the application of
philology and
history, had a great influence on the study of
Roman law, and of
Commentarii linguae Graecae (
1529), an extensive collection of lexicographical notes, which contributed greatly to the study of
Greek literature in France.
Guillaume Budé corresponded with the most learned men of his time, amongst them
Erasmus, who called him the "marvel of France", and
Thomas More. He wrote with equal facility in Greek and Latin, although his Latin is inferior to his Greek, being somewhat harsh and full of Greek constructions.
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