Facts: - death place: st. gallen , old swiss confederacy - other names: joachim vadian - known for: leading swiss humanist scholar of the sixteenth century - caption: engraving after an older original by david herrliberger from zurich , 1748 , - birth name: joachim von watt - death date: 06 april 1551 - birth date: 29 november 1484 - name: vadianus - image: joachim vadian.jpg - birth place: st. gallen , old swiss confederacy - occupation: scholar , historian , editor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joachim vadian .
joachim vadian -lrb- november 29 , 1484 -- april 6 , 1551 -rrb- , born as joachim von watt , was a swiss humanist and scholar and also mayor and reformer in st. gallen .