Antonio de Nebrija, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Antonio de Nebrija

Spanish scholar

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1441

Place of Birth: Lebrija, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 05-Jul-1522

Profession: writer, translator, university teacher, philologist, linguist, lexicographer, grammarian, Bible translator

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Antonio de Nebrija (1444 – 5 July 1522) was the most influential Spanish humanist of his era.
He wrote poetry, commented on literary works, and encouraged the study of classical languages and literature but his most important contributions were in the fields of grammar and lexicography.
Nebrija was the author of the first Spanish grammar (1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495).
His grammar is also credited as the first published grammar of any Romance language.
His chief works were published and republished many times during and after his life and his scholarship had a great influence for more than a century, both in Spain and in the expanding Spanish Empire.