GUARINO VERONESE

born 1370/74, Verona, March of Verona died Dec. 14, 1460, Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara also called Guarino Da Verona Italian Humanist and classical scholar, one of the pioneers of Greek studies in Renaissance western Europe. Guarino studied at Constantinople, where he was a pupil of Manuel Chrysoloras, and brought back to Italy a valuable collection of Greek manuscripts. After teaching Greek at Florence (1402) and Venice (1415), he became tutor to Leonello, son of Nicol d'Este, lord of Ferrara, in 1436. Guarino prepared new editions of various Latin authors and translated works of Strabo and Plutarch. His linguistic talents were employed by Greek and Latin churchmen at the Council of FerraraFlorence (143845).