What is Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus?
{{Infobox person | name = Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus | image = File:Leonicus Tomæus.jpg | alt = | caption = Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus | birth_date = February 1, 1456 <!-- {{Birth date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Birth-date and age|birth date†}} for living people supply only the year unless the exact date is already widely published, as per [[WP:DOB]] --> | birth_place = | death_date = 1531 (aged {{circa}} 75) <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | nationality = [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] (Greek parentage) | other_names = | occupation = Scholar, professor of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Padua]] | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = ''Opuscula'' }} '''Nicholas Leonicus Thomaeus''' ({{lang-it|Niccolò Leonico Tomeo}}, {{lang-el|Νικόλαος Λεόνικος Θωμεύς}}; 1456–1531) was a [[Greeks|Greek]] teacher of [[philosophy]] at the [[University of Padua]] in the [[Republic of Venice]].<ref>{{harvnb|Runciman|1985|p=212}}</ref><ref name=Copenhaver-Schmidt>{{harvnb|Copenhaver|Schmidt|1992|p=104}}.</ref> ==Biography== Thomaeus was born to a Greek family in [[Venice, Italy|Venice]], [[Italy]] on February 1, 1456.<ref name=Geanakoplos358>{{harvnb|Geanakoplos|1985|p=358}}</ref><ref name=Ossa-Richardson>{{harvnb|Ossa-Richardson|2013|p=90}}.</ref><ref name=Parkinson>{{harvnb|Parkinson|2003|p=40}}.</ref><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher>{{harvnb|Bietenholz|Deutscher|1995|pp=323–324}}.</ref> He studied [[Ancient Greek philosophy|Greek philosophy]] and [[literature]] under the guidance of Demetrios Chalkokondyles in [[Florence, Italy|Florence]], Italy.<ref name=Geanakoplos358/><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1497, the [[University of Padua]] chose Thomaeus as its first official lecturer on the Greek text of [[Aristotle]].<ref name=Copenhaver-Schmidt/><ref name=Ossa-Richardson/><ref name=Bietenholz-Deutscher/> In 1504, he was elected to succeed Giorgio Valla as [[Head teacher|headmaster]] of Greek in Venice but Thomaeus d