 tanneguy le fÃ¨vre (tanaquillus faber) (1615 â 12 september 1672) was a french classical scholar. he was born at caen. after completing his studies in paris, he was appointed by cardinal richelieu inspector of the printing-press at the louvre. after richelieu's death he left paris, joined the reformed church, and in 1651 obtained a professorship at the academy of saumur, which he filled with great success for nearly twenty years. his increasing ill-health and a certain moral laxity (as shown in his judgment on sappho) led to a quarrel with the consistory, as a result of which he resigned his professorship. several universities were eager to obtain his services, and he had accepted a post offered him by the elector palatine at heidelberg, when he died suddenly. one of his children, anne, became famous as madame dacier. lefebvre was a highly cultivated man and a thorough classical scholar. he brought out editions of various greek and latin authors: longinus, anacreon and sappho, virgil, horace, lucretius and many others. his most important original works are: les vies des poÃ¨tes grecs (1665); mÃ©thode pour commencer les humanitÃ©s grecques et latines (2nd ed., 1731), of which several english adaptations have appeared; and epistolae criticae (1659). in addition to the mÃ©moires pour ... la vie de tanneguy lefebvre, by f. graverol (1686), see the article in the nouvelle biographie gÃ©nÃ©rale, based partly on the manuscript registers of the saumur acadÃ©mie. ==references== *   
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