Pellicanus, Conrad (1478–1556)

Alsatian scholar and reformer. He joined the Franciscans at Ruffach, France, and was later transferred to Tübingen, Germany. He held ecclesiastical positions at Pforzheim, Germany, and Basel, Switzerland, and became one of the most learned men of his day, especially in Hebrew. In 1526 he turned Protestant, and in 1527 was made Zwingli professor of Hebrew at Zürich. He wrote a Hebrew grammar in 1504, an autobiography, and Biblical Commentary (1532–35). Pellicanus was educated at Heidelberg University in Germany.