GRYNAEUS, SIMON (1493-1541), German scholar and theologian, son of Jacob Gryner, a Swabian peasant, was born at Vehringen, and studied at Vienna. In 1524 he became professor of Greek at Heidelberg; from 1526 onwards he also held the chair of Latin. His religious views drove him from Heidelberg in 1529. After some years as professor of Greek at Basle, he reorganized the University of Tubingen, returning to Basle before 1536, when he assisted in drafting the so-called First Helvetic Confession. He represented the Swiss divines at the Worms Conference (1540) between Catholics and Protestants. He died of plague at Basle on Aug. 1, A brilliant scholar, a mediating theologian, and personally of lovable temperament, his influence was great and wisely exercised. Erasmus and Calvin were among his corre spondents. His chief works were Latin versions of Plutarch, Aristotle and Chrysostom.