Antonio de Nebrija

Antonio de Nebrija
Native name	Elio Antonio de Lebrija
Born	Antonio Martínez de Cala 1444 (1444) Lebrija, Province of Seville
Died	5 July 1522(1522-07-05) (aged 77–78) Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Pen name	[Aelius] Antonius Nebrissensis Antonio of Lebrixa
Occupation	Linguist, poet, humanist
Language	Spanish
Education	University of Salamanca Colegio de San Clemente University of Alcalá de Henares
Alma mater	Bologna University
Period	Spanish Renaissance
Subject	Castilian grammar
Years active	1473–1517
Notable works	Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492
Relatives	Possibly Antonio de Lebrija (grandson)
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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 Spanish Grammar (Gramática de la lengua castellana, 1492) and the first dictionary of the Spanish language (1495). His grammar is the first published grammar study of any modern European 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.^[1][2]