a German writer noted for his lntiquarian labors, was born at Augsburg in 1465; studied in German and Italian universities, and was employed in his native city by the authorities of the place and by the emperor as counsellor. He was a manysidqd, educated man, and is celebrated not only as a writer, but also as a humanist, and was greatly interested in Luther when he first appeared against the Romanists. See Hagen, Deutschland's literarische Zustande im Zeitalter der Reformation, volume 1.