movement death_date death_place influenced birth_place influences ethnicity name field birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
italian renaissance , greek literature , philosophy , aristotelianism 1487 florence , republic of florence johann , leonardo da vinci reuchlin , jacques lefèvre d'Étaples , marsilio ficino constantinople , byzantine empire basilios bessarion greek john argyropoulos renaissance teacher of greek and of platonic philosophy . 1415 john argyropoulos
 john argyropoulos scholar , politician , diplomat , philosopher
john argyropoulos

john argyropoulos -lrb- 1415 -- 26 june 1487 ; , `` ioannis argiropoulos '' , , surname also spelt `` argyropulus '' , or `` argyropulos '' , or `` argyropulo '' -rrb- was a greek lecturer , philosopher and humanist , one of the émigré scholars who pioneered the revival of classical learning in western europe in the 15th century .
he played a prominent role in the revival of greek philosophy in italy and translated greek philosophical and theological works into latin besides producing rhetorical and theological works of his own .
he divided his time between italy and constantinople .
