Editing Guillaume Budé (section)

==Life==

Budé was born in [[Paris]]. He went to the [[University of Orléans]] to study [[law]], but for several years, having ample means, he led an idle and dissipated life. When about twenty-four years of age, he was seized with a sudden passion for study, and made rapid progress, particularly in [[Latin]] and [[Ancient Greek]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Budé, Guillaume|volume=4|pages=749–750}}</ref>

The work which gained him greatest reputation was his ''De Asse et Partibus Eius'' (1514), a treatise on ancient coins and measures. He was held in high esteem by [[Francis I of France|Francis I]], who was persuaded by him, and by [[Jean du Bellay]], [[Bishop of Narbonne]], to found the [[Collegium Trilingue]] (afterwards the [[Collège de France]]) and the library at [[Fontainebleau]], which was removed to Paris and was the origin of the [[Bibliothèque Nationale]]. 

He also induced Francis to refrain from prohibiting printing in France, which had been advised by the [[Collège de Sorbonne|Sorbonne]] in 1533. Earlier, he had been sent by [[Louis XII of France|Louis XII]] to [[Rome]] as ambassador to [[Pope Leo X|Leo X]], and in 1522 was appointed ''[[maître des requêtes]]'' and was several times ''[[Provost (civil)|prévôt]] des marchands''.<ref name="EB1911"/>