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to Prince Maurits in 1594 those who fled returned and offered Ubbo the position of rector in St Maarten school. When in 1614 the decision was made to form a university, under the guidance of Emmius. As a result, he was chosen as the principal and professor of history and Greek and ultimately became
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For the immortal memory of the famous and faithful old man Ubbo Emmius, a Frisian from Greetsiel, first rector of the academy, theologist of the pure doctrine, excellent philologist, perfect historian.
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Upon returning to East Friesland in 1579 he took the position of rector in the very school in which he was taught, the college at
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Ubbo Emmius made prominent contributions to historiography. His primary works were on the History of the
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he compared the histories of different nations that used different calendars.
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Ubbo Emmius died on the 9 December 1625 in Groningen; his grave stone reads:
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from 1592 to 1616. In one of his other important works titled the
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after the area fell into the hands of the Spanish. When
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historian
geographer
Greetsiel
East Frisia
Lutheran
Rostock
Geneva
Theodorus Beza
Calvinist
Norden
Calvinist
confession of Augsburg
Leer
Ubbo-Emmius-Gymnasium
Groningen
Groningen surrendered
Academy
Frisian

East Frisia
Nicholas Mulerius
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Chisholm 1911
Chisholm, Hugh
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