Hadrianus Junius

Hadrianus Junius (1511–1575), also known as Adriaen de Jonghe, was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, antiquarian, historiographer, emblematist, school rector, and Latin poet.

Hadrianus Junius
Hadrianus Junius, by Theodor de Bry
Born1511
Died1575
Other namesAdriaen de Jonghe
Occupation(s)Physician, classical scholar, translator, lexicographer, antiquarian, historiographer, emblematist, school rector, and Latin poet

He is not to be confused with several namesakes (including a seventeenth-century Amsterdam school rector). He was not related to Franciscus Junius.

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