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Antonio de Nebrija

1444–1522 · 15th century · Also known as Elio Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija was a Castilian humanist who taught at the universities of Salamanca and Alcalá. His Gramática de la lengua castellana of 1492, presented to Isabella I, was the first printed grammar of a modern European vernacular. He also wrote a widely used Latin grammar and dictionaries and worked on the Complutensian Polyglot Bible.

Antonio de Nebrija
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