Given the question: Facts:   - death place: st. gallen , old swiss confederacy    - other names: joachim vadian    - known for: leading swiss humanist scholar of the sixteenth century    - caption: engraving after an older original by david herrliberger from zurich , 1748 ,    - birth name: joachim von watt    - death date: 06 april 1551      - birth date: 29 november 1484    - name: vadianus    - image: joachim vadian.jpg    - birth place: st. gallen , old swiss confederacy    - occupation: scholar , historian , editor   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of joachim vadian .
The answer is:
joachim vadian -lrb- november 29 , 1484 -- april 6 , 1551 -rrb- , born as joachim von watt , was a swiss humanist and scholar and also mayor and reformer in st. gallen .