Robert Estienne

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Robert Estienne was a 16th-century French printer and classical scholar renowned for his critical editions of the Bible and major contributions to typography and lexicography.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf classical scholar
human
lexicographer
printer
typographer
alternateName Robert Estienne I
Robert Stephens
Robertus Stephanus
birthDate 1503
birthPlace Kingdom of France
Paris
deathDate 1559
deathPlace Geneva
Republic of Geneva
employer King Francis I of France
father Henri Estienne I
fieldOfWork biblical scholarship
classical philology
lexicography
typography
influenced Renaissance typography
development of French lexicography
later biblical scholarship
influencedBy humanism
knownFor contributions to lexicography
contributions to typography
critical editions of the Bible
standardization of biblical verse numbers
languageOfWorkOrName French
Latin
memberOf Estienne family
movedTo Geneva
Switzerland
name Robert Estienne
nationality French
notableWork French–Latin dictionaries
Latin–French dictionaries
Thesaurus linguae latinae
critical editions of the Greek New Testament
critical editions of the Latin Bible
occupation lexicographer
printer
publisher
scholar
positionHeld royal printer for Hebrew and Latin
royal printer to Francis I
reasonForMove religious persecution in France
religion Protestantism
spouse Perrette Bade
workLocation Geneva
Paris

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Robert Estienne ("Robert Estienne I")
alternateName
Textus Receptus
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Robert Estienne
name
Vulgate
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