Guillaume Postel

Japanese: ポステル（英語表記）Guillaume Postel

1510‐81
French orientalist and mystic. He studied hard and mastered Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Arabic and other languages. In 1535 he traveled to Turkey and Syria to broaden his horizons before returning to France. With the protection of the king and his senior officials, he was appointed to the Royal College of Professors (the precursor to the Collège de France) in 1538, where he taught Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. In 1542 he incurred the king's displeasure and lost his job, and for the next 20 years he wandered around Europe and the Near East. Upon his return in 1562 he was immediately arrested on suspicion of heresy and was kept under house arrest in a monastery in Paris until his death.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1510‐81
フランスの東洋学者，神秘思想家。苦学しつつギリシア，ラテン，ヘブライ，アラビア等の諸言語を習得。1535年トルコやシリアに旅行し見聞を広めて帰国。国王や重臣の庇護を得て38年に王立教授団(コレージュ･ド･フランスの前身)に登用され，ギリシア，ヘブライ，アラビア各語を教授した。42年国王の不興を買って失職し，以後20年近くヨーロッパ，近東各地を放浪，62年帰国するや直ちに異端の疑いで逮捕され，死に至るまでパリの一修道院に軟禁された。

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