Matthäus Aurogallus

Matthäus Aurogallus (1490 – November 10, 1543), also known as Matthäus Goldhahn, was a German linguist.

Born in Komotau, Bohemia, he served as Professor of Hebrew at the University of Wittenberg and was a colleague of Philipp Melanchthon and Martin Luther. He assisted Luther in the revision of the reformer's translation of the Old Testament.^[1]

He died at Wittenberg.

Works

• Hebräisch und chaldäisch Grammatik (1523-25, 1531)
• Chronik der Herzöge uund Könige von Böhmen
• Hebräisch historisch-geographisches Reallexicon (1526–1539)

Notes

1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz (1975). Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm. ed (in German). Aurogallus (Goldhahn), Matthäus. Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). 1. Hamm. col. 304. ISBN 3-88309-013-1. http://www.bautz.de/bbkl/a/aurogallus_m.shtml. 

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Name	Aurogallus, Matthaus
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Date of birth	1490
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Date of death	November 10, 1543
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