Background
He was born Johann Vergenhans to a noble (or knighted) man of the same name.
historian university professor
He was born Johann Vergenhans to a noble (or knighted) man of the same name.
As was the fashion of the time, the family"s name had been Latinized, with nauclerus, meaning "skipper," being a close translation of Vergenhans, meaning "ferryman." The family"s coat of arms depicted a man on a sailing ship. Nauclerus became a doctor of law in 1450 and supervisor to Count Eberhard V of Württemberg. In 1460, he was head of the church in Stuttgart.
He seems to have spent some time in Italy, and had contact with Pope Pius World War II From 1464 to 1465 he taught at the University of Basel, and in 1466 he was in Rome.
In 1477 he became first rector at the University of Tübingen and subsequently its second chancellor. In 1502, Nauclerus assumed the office of a judge of the Swabian League, which he held until the withdrawal of Württemberg from the federation in 1513.
Nauklerstraße ("Naukler Street"), in Tübingen, is named after him.