13 Facts About Andreas Schott

Andreas Schott was an academic, linguist, translator, editor and a Jesuit priest from Antwerp in the Habsburg Netherlands.

Andreas Schott was mainly known for his editions of Latin and Greek classical literature.

Andreas Schott studied philosophy at the Leuven University's Collegium Trilingue, a college where Latin, Greek and Hebrew were taught.

Andreas Schott's teachers included Cornelius Valerius for Latin, and Theodoricus Langius for Greek.

Andreas Schott graduated in 1573, placing 61st in his year, and began teaching rhetoric at the undergraduate college Paedagogium Castri while undertaking further studies in theology under Michael Baius.

In 1580, through the patronage of Antonio de Covarrubias, Andreas Schott succeeded Alvar Gomez de Castro as professor of Greek at the Colegio de Santa Catalina in Toledo.

Andreas Schott remained in the city for three years as professor of Greek, after brief stays in Salamanca and Saragossa.

Andreas Schott lived in the household of the archbishop of Toledo, Gaspar de Quiroga y Vela.

Andreas Schott was attracted by his great erudition and his rich manuscript collection.

In 1583 Andreas Schott resigned his position in Toledo in favour of Pantin, and travelled to Salamanca, before teaching at the University of Zaragoza.

Andreas Schott left Spain in 1594, after 15 years on the peninsula.

Andreas Schott then spent three years in Italy, teaching Greek in Rome and studying many hours in the Vatican Library.

Andreas Schott spent the next 30 years teaching and writing at the Jesuit college in the city, where his students included Valerius Andreas and Gaspar Gevartius.