Denis Lambin  (aka: Dionysius Lambinus, Dionysii Lambini)

 

 

Editor:  Denis Lambin (1520-1572) was a French scholar/commentator on ancient Greek and Latin classical texts whose lectures were highly regarded during the late Renaissance.  His 1567 notes on Horace illustrate his competence in the field of literary criticism.  Although not the expert on Greek that Henri Estienne was, Lambin's erudition in Latin was highly recognized and the two often corresponded in both languages.  Lambin tutored the Cardinal de Tournon in the Greek classics and eventually introduced him to his friend Henri Estienne.[1]

Henri Estienne  (aka: Henrici Stephani, Henricus Stephanus II)

Publisher:  Henri Estienne (1528-1598) was a French printer/lexicographer/scholar educated in Paris, who was fluent in several languages.  He learned Greek as a child (although the family printing business worked mostly with Latin) and earned a reputation as a leading Hellenist scholar.  He traveled widely to collect and collate manuscripts for his father's press, and was received by notable heads of state – including Henry VIII of England and Henry III of France.  In 1559 he succeeded his father as head of the family press and later accepted the chairs of Latin, and then Greek, at the College de France.  His press published early Christian authors as well as ancient classics such as Horace.  Estienne's classical scholarly output was voluminous. His masterpiece was a Greek dictionary (lexicon), editions of which were still being printed more than two centuries after his death.[2]