Antonio De Lebrija Antonius Nebrissensis

ANTONIO DE LEBRIJA (ANTONIUS NEBRISSENSIS) (1444-1522) , Spanish scholar, born at Lebri j a in the province of Andalusia, studied at Salamanca and at Bologna. After hold ing the professorship of poetry and grammar at Salamanca, he was transferred to the university of Alcala de Henares, where he lectured until his death in 1522. His services to the cause of classical literature in Spain have been compared with those rendered by Valla, Erasmus and Budaeus to Italy, Holland and France.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.-MacCrie,

The Reformation in Spain in the SixBibliography.-MacCrie, The Reformation in Spain in the Six- teenth Century (1829) ; Antonio, Bibliotheca Hispana Nova, i. 132 (i888) ; Prescott, History of Ferdinand and Isabella, i. 450 (note).