Alexander Gordon, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 10… (1911)
“ FABER, BASIL (1520—c. 1576) , Lutheran schoolmaster and theologian, was born at Sorau, in lower Lusatia, in 1520. In 1538 he entered the university of Wittenberg, studying as pauper gratis under Melanchthon. Choosing the schoolmaster’s profession, he became successively rector of the schools at Nordhausen, Tennstadt (1555) , Magdeburg (1557) and Quedlinburg (1560) . ”
