Henricus Hornkens

Henricus Hornkens, sometimes cited as Henri or Heinrich (died 1612) was a 16th-century priest and lexicographer.

Henricus Hornkens
Died1612
Occupationclergyman
LanguageFrench, Spanish, Latin
PeriodBaroque
GenreLexicography
Notable worksRecueil de dictionnaires françoys, espagnols et latins (1599)

Life

Hornkens served Philip II of Spain and Philip III of Spain as a court chaplain. In 1598 he accompanied the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia to the Low Countries, where he became dean of the church of St Gummarus in Lier, Duchy of Brabant. He compiled a French-Spanish-Latin dictionary that was published in Brussels in 1599 and was used by César Oudin in his own lexicographical work. He died in 1612.[1]

Work

References

  1. Émile Van Arenbergh, "Hornkens (Henri)", Biographie Nationale de Belgique, vol. 9(Brussels, 1887), 519.


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