Martin Crusius

Portrait of Crusius Bildnis, copy of an original painting by Anton Ramsler, 1590

Martin Kraus (Gräfenberg, 19 September 1524 – Tübingen, 7 March 1607), commonly Latinized as Crusius, was a German classicist and historian, and long-time professor (1559–1607) at the University of Tübingen. He was a follower of Philip Melanchthon and wrote an epitome of Melanchthon's Elementorum rhetorices libro duo.[1] Kraus also wrote a commentary on the Iliad.[1]

  1. ^ a b Green, Lawrence D., and James J. Murphy (2006). Renaissance rhetoric short title catalogue, 1460-1700. Ashgate. p. 151. ISBN 0-7546-0509-4.