Sixt Birck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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16th-century German humanist
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Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
About Sixt Birck
- Sixt (or Sixtus) Birck, as Xystus Betuleius (February 24, 1501 – June 19, 1554) was a German humanist of Augsburg, "a notable German scholar of the New Learning". At the end of his schooling in Augsburg the Protestant Reformation began.
- He continued his theological studies at Erfurt, Tübingen and Basel before returning to Augsburg as director (Magister) of the Gymnasium.
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