- Jakob Ceporin
Jakob Ceporin (1499-1525) was a Swiss humanist. Born Jakob Wiesendanger (Ceporin is a close Greek translation of the original Swiss surname -from "keporós", "garden-custodian," "garden-overseer") in the town of
Dinhard , Ceporin was the son of a wealthy farmer. He studied at the school of Latin atWinterthur before attending the Universities of Cologne and Vienna.He acquired knowledge of Hebrew after studying with the German humanist
Johannes Reuchlin inIngolstadt , knowledge of which would prove useful to him when he later became an inhabitant ofZurich , a stronghold of theProtestant Reformation inSwitzerland . He worked inBasel as a proof-reader in the service of a printing house. Around the second half of 1523, Ceporin married Elsbeth Scherer, a former Dominican nun of the monastery ofTöss . This marriage produced a daughter –Veronika- who later became the wife of the scholarKonrad Klauser . OnApril 14 ,1525 , Ceporin was appointed as the first Reader of Greek and Hebrew at Zwingli's school of theology inZurich . Though a young man when he was appointed, his skill in languages had impressed his contemporaries; Zwingli was especially impressed by his wide knowledge. Ceporin’s short book on Greek grammar (published 1522) was reprinted in many editions and was still in use in the eighteenth century in Swiss schools. Ceporin died unexpectedly at the early age of 26, onDecember 20 , at Zurich.ources
*E. Egli, “Ceporins Leben und Schr.,” "Analecta Reformatoria 2", 1901, 145-160.
* [http://www.kzu.ch/fach/as/aktuell/2000/11_wiesend/wd.htm Ein Philologe an Zwinglis Seite] "(in German)"
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