13 Facts About Henri Estienne

Henri Estienne's father instructed him in Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and typography, and according to a note in his edition of Aulus Gellius, he picked up some Latin as a child, as that language was used as a in the multi-national household.

Henri Estienne was educated by other French scholars such as Adrianus Turnebus.

Henri Estienne began working for his father's business at age eighteen and was employed by his father to collate a manuscript of Dionysius of Halicarnassus.

Henri Estienne published the Anacreon in 1554, was his first independent work.

Henri Estienne published the first anthology that included sections from Parmenides, Empedocles, and other Pre-Socratic philosophers.

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In 1559, on his father's death, Henri Estienne assumed charge of his presses and became Printer of the Republic of Geneva.

Henri Estienne used the type he inherited and did not invent any new types.

Henri Estienne's most celebrated work, the Thesaurus graecae linguae or Greek thesaurus, appeared in five volumes in 1572.

Henri Estienne published an edition of Aeschylus, in which Agamemnon was printed in its entirety and as a separate play for the first time.

Henri Estienne published a concordance of the New Testament in 1594.

Henri Estienne married Marguerite Pillot in 1555, Barbe de Wille in 1556, and Abigail Pouppart in 1586.

Henri Estienne's son Paul was born on 1567 and assumed control of the presses in Geneva with Casaubon but he fled to Paris from the authorities.

Henri Estienne was one of the "greatest and last scholarly editors and publishers of the Renaissance.