Alan Balatine

Who is Alan Balatine?

Alan Balatine is mentioned by Edward Hall in the list of the English writers from whose works he compiled his Chronicle.

Pits on this account classes him as an Englishman, but, according to Dempster, he was of Scottish origin, and, after studying privately, went to Germany, where he completed his education, and also taught in the gymnasiums. He wrote De Astrolabio, De Terræ Mensura, and Chronicon Universale. Dempster states that he flourished about 1560, but as Hall's Chronicle was published in 1542, Balatine must have written his Chronicon Universale at least twenty years before 1560. He died in Germany.