Editing Josias Simmler (section)

==Life==
[[Image:Zürich - Grossmünster - Haus zur Sul IMG 1314.JPG|thumb|«Haus zur Sul»: Official residence of [[Ulrich Zwingli]] (1522–1525) and his co-workers [[Jakob Ceporin]] (1526) and [[Conrad Pellicanus|Konrad Pellikan]] (1526–1556), and later of [[Peter Martyr Vermigli]] (1556–1562) and Josias Simmler (1563-1576), professors at the [[Carolinum, Zürich|Carolinum]], the academy of the [[Grossmünster]].]]The son of the former prior of the [[Cistercian convent]] of [[Kappel am Albis|Kappel]] (Canton of Zürich), he was born at [[Kappel am Albis|Kappel]], where his father was the [[Protestant]] pastor and schoolmaster till his death in 1557. In 1544 Simmler went to [[Zürich]] to continue his education under his godfather, the reformer, [[Heinrich Bullinger]]. After having completed his studies at [[Basel]] and [[Strasbourg]], he returned to Zürich, and became pastor to the neighboring villages.

In 1552 he was made professor of [[New Testament]] [[exegesis]] at Zürich's [[Carolinum, Zürich|Carolinum]] academy, where he also taught [[mathematics]] and [[Ptolemaic system|Ptolemaic]] [[astronomy]], and in 1560 became professor of [[theology]].{{sfn|Wellisch|1975}} In 1555 he published a new edition of [[Conrad Gessner|Conrad Gessner's]] ''Epitome'' of his ''[[Bibliotheca universalis]]'' (a list of all authors who had written in [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Latin]] or [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]), a new edition of the ''Bibliotheca'' itself, and in 1575 an annotated edition of the ''Antonine Itinerary''. Later, he would become deacon to St Peter's, Zürich. and translated many of Bullinger's works into Latin, and write his biography.{{sfn|Wellisch|1975}} In  1559 he had his first attack of [[gout]], a complaint which would eventually kill him.