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1503-1550 (?)

JOHN RUHRÄH, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1932;44(2):418-421.

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Nicolas Bourbon, styled The Elder, was born in Vandeuvre, a village not far from Bar-sur-aube, in the diocese of Langres. His father was evidently a rich man, and Niceron in his "Mémoires pour servir à l'his toire des hommes illustres dans la république des lettres" (1729-1745) stated that he was a maître d'une forge, or owner of a factory that was in this village, and not a forgéron, or smith, as Pellison stated in his "Histoire de l'académie francaise." A small point, perhaps, but it shows the easy circumstances in which Nicolas grew up. His mother was named Marie Gallare. He had a tutor Jacques Tousan, and became so proficient in literature and Greek that he was chosen preceptor for Jeanne d'Albret, daughter of Marguerite, queen of Navarre, whose interest in literature is attested by the Heptameron which she bequeathed to posterity. After several years in the employ of Queen . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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