Guillaume Morel French

France

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 classical scholar, was born at Le Teilleul

Le Teilleul

Le Teilleul is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.-Heraldry:...

 in Normandy

Normandy

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After acting as proof-reader in a Paris

Paris

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 firm, he set up for himself, and subsequently succeeded Turnebus

Adrianus Turnebus

Adrianus Turnebus was a French classical scholar.-Life:Turnebus was born at Les Andelys in Normandy. At the age of twelve he was sent to Paris to study, and attracted great notice by his remarkable abilities...

 as king's printer

Printer (publisher)

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in 1555. His most important work was Thesaurus vocum omnium latinarum, containing a number of quotations from Latin authors, taken from hitherto unpublished manuscripts in the Paris library.