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Benjamin Hedericus

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Name
  
Benjamin Hedericus

Died
  
1748

Role
  
Author

Benjamin Hedericus (12 December 1675 – 18 July 1748) is most notable as author of a Greek lexicon, which was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.

He was authored the following:

  • Notitia Auctorum Antiqua et Media
  • Progymnasmata Linguae Graecae
  • Progymnasmata Linguae Latinae
  • Fasti Consulares Romani
  • Reales Schul-Lexicon
  • Lexicon Manuale Graecum - edited and expanded by Johann August Ernesti in 1767
  • Grundliches Mythologisches Lexicon
  • Lexicon Manuale Latino-Germanicum
  • He also edited Empedocles' De Sphaera and a Latin edition of Tertullian.

    Disambiguation

    There was another similarly named individual, Dr Hedericus, who was a Lutheran pastor at Iglau, and an opponent of the Moravian Church in the 16th Century.

    References

    Benjamin Hedericus Wikipedia