Editing Oswald Myconius (section)

==Life==
He was born at Lucerne, [[Switzerland]]. His family name was Geisshüsler, and his father was a miller; hence he was also called '''Molitoris''' (Latin ''molitor'', "miller"). The name '''Myconius''' is said to have been given him by [[Erasmus]]; it alludes to the proverbial expression ''bald-headed Myconian''.<ref>"Erasmus, with his penchant for a classical pun, had nicknamed the teacher Myconius, referring to the Ancient Greek geographer [[Strabo]]’s observation that the men of Mykonos were bald." [[Franny Moyle|Moyle, Franny]], ''The King's Painter: The Life and Times of Hans Holbein'', New York: Abrams Press, 2021, p. 58.</ref> From the school at Lucerne he went to the [[University of Basel]] to study classics. From 1514 he obtained teaching posts at Basel, where he married, and made the acquaintance of Erasmus and of [[Hans Holbein the Younger|Hans Holbein]], the painter. In 1516 he was called, as schoolmaster, to [[Zürich]], where (1518) he attached himself to the reforming party of Zwingli. This led to his being transferred to Lucerne and again, in 1523, reinstated at Zürich.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Myconius, Oswald|volume=19|page=110|first=Alexander|last=Gordon|author-link=Alexander Gordon (Unitarian)}}</ref>

On the death of Zwingli (1531) he moved to [[Basel]], where he held the office of town's preacher, and (till 1541) the chair of [[New Testament]] [[exegesis]]. In 1534 he authored the [[Confession of Basel]]. In confessional matters he was for a union of all [[Protestants]].  Although a Zwinglian, his readiness to compromise with the advocates of consubstantiation gave him trouble with the hard-line Zwinglians. He had, however, a distinguished follower in [[Theodore Bibliander]]. He died in Basel.<ref name="EB1911"/>