Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija
Native name
Elio Antonio de Lebrija
BornAntonio Martínez de Cala
1444 (1444)
Lebrija, Province of Seville
Died5 July 1522(1522-07-05) (aged 77–78)
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Pen name[Aelius] Antonius Nebrissensis
Antonio of Lebrixa
OccupationLinguist, poet, humanist
LanguageSpanish
EducationUniversity of Salamanca
Colegio de San Clemente
University of Alcalá de Henares
Alma materBologna University
PeriodSpanish Renaissance
SubjectCastilian grammar
Years active1473–1517
Notable worksGramática de la lengua castellana, 1492
RelativesPossibly Antonio de Lebrija (grandson)

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Antonio de Nebrija (1444 – 5 July 1522) was the most influential Spanish humanist of his era. He wrote poetry, commented on literary works, and encouraged the study of classical languages and literature, but his most important contributions were in the fields of grammar and lexicography. Nebrija was the author of the Spanish Grammar (Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495). His grammar is the first published grammar study of any modern European language. His chief works were published and republished many times during and after his life and his scholarship had a great influence for more than a century, both in Spain and in the expanding Spanish Empire.[1][2]

  1. ^ Perona 2004
  2. ^ Hamann 2015