Joannes Grapheus (1502,
Alost - 1571) was an early printer based in
Antwerp
Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...
.
His brother was
Cornelis Scribonius Grapheus the Antwerp city clerk. He married Elisabeth Van Amersfoort, daughter of
Gerhard Amersfoort. Her sisters married
Franz Birckmann and
John Siberch
John Siberch ( 1476–1554) was the first Cambridge printer and an associate of Erasmus.
Life
Early life
Johann Lair was born about 1476 to Peter (a master wool weaver and town councillor) and Lena von Lair. The family moved from Sieglar (L ...
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References
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People from Aalst, Belgium
1502 births
1571 deaths
16th-century printers
People from the Spanish Netherlands