Sepulveda, JUAN GINES

Sepulveda, JUAN GINES, a Spanish historian, was born at Pozo-blanco, in the neighbourhood of Cordova, about 1490, studied first at Cordova and Alcala de Henares, and went to Bologna in 1515, where and at Rome he became acquainted with the most celebrated savants of Italy and Spain. In 1536 he returned to Spain as historiographer to Charles V. and preceptor to his son, afterwards Philip II. After living successively in Valladolid, Cordova, and Madrid, he was made a canon of Salamanca. In that town he died on 23d November 1574. He won a reputation as the champion of humanism against the prevailing scholasticism. His principal work is entitled Historia Caroli V., published with a biography and Sepulveda's other works by the Madrid Academy in 4 vols. in 1780. His other works include a Life of Albornoz, a History of the Reign of Philip II., and a History of Spain in the New World.