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Jacob Sturm
Jacob Sturm was a statesman of the free imperial city of Strasbourg who led its government and diplomacy for three decades. He guided the city's adoption of the Reformation in the 1520s alongside the reformer Martin Bucer, represented it at imperial diets, and was a leading figure of the Protestant Schmalkaldic League. He also helped found Strasbourg's Gymnasium under Johannes Sturm in 1538.
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