- Geoffroy Tory
Geoffroy Tory, born in
Bourges around 1480 and deceased inParis before14 October 1533 , was a French humanist and anengraver , best known for adding written letters in French.Biography
Tory studied in Bourges, then in
Rome and inBologne , until he returned to Paris 1505. He became the dean of several schools at theUniversity of Paris , where he taught grammar and philosophy. He also worked as a spelling-checker and as an engraver.Gradually, he managed to get on hands on French texts, which he wanted to put into print, at a time when that was only done to texts in Latin. For that purpose, he introduced the
apostrophe , the accent, and thecedilla .In 1530 he became official printer to King Francis I, [Le Petit Robert des Noms Propres] and in 1532 he was made a librarian at the
University of Paris . One of his apprentices wasClaude Garamond , who became printer to the King after him.Bibliography
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Livre d'heures ", 1525
*"Champ-fleury ", 1529
*"L'Adolescence clémentine et Briesve doctrine pour deuement escripre ", 1533References
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