Frances Junius 1589-1677
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Francis JUNIUS 1589-1677
Biographical Note
Born at Heidelberg, Germany, son of Franciscus Junius (1545–1602). Matriculated at the University of Leiden in 1608. Philological scholar, librarian and tutor for the son and grandchildren of Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel.
Books
Bequeathed important collections of books and manuscripts, to the Bodleian.
Sources
- Philip, I. The Bodleian Library in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Oxford, 1983, 57-8.
- Romburgh, Sophie van. "Junius [Du Jon], Franciscus [Francis] (1591–1677), philologist and writer on art." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.