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Alard (Adhelard, or Adelard)

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Alard (Adhelard, Or Adelard)

a Dutch priest, was born at Amsterdam in 1490. He was versed in the Greek and Latin languages, also in belles-lettres, which he taught at Amsterdam, Cologne, Utrecht, and Louvain. He bequeathed his library to the orphans of Amsterdam, and died at Louvain in 1544. He edited a large number of works on literature and controversy, among which are, Hippocratis Coi Epistola (Salinlgiaci, 1539): the Lucubrationes of Frison R. Agricola, and the work of Marbod, De Gemmis: Selectae Similitudines, sive Collationes ex Biblis (Paris, 1543). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Alard (Adhelard, or Adelard)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/alard-adhelard-or-adelard.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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