Stuart style See under Jacobean style .
He then went to Paris, where under the influence of Martin Bucer he became a Protestant. In 1537 he became professor of rhetoric and dialectic at the Collegium Praedicatorum in Strasbourg, and there in 1538 he founded the first gymnasium in northern Europe. He remained its principal for forty-three years. Sturm was a zealous supporter of the Swiss reformers and engaged in lively controversies with the Lutherans. The Macmillan Encyclopedia 2001 2.