List of Famous people with last name Estienne

Charles Estienne

First Name Charles
Last Name Estienne
Born on January 1, 1504
Died on January 1, 1564 (aged 60)

Charles Estienne, known as Carolus Stephanus in Latin and Charles Stephens in English, was an early exponent of the science of anatomy in France. Charles was a younger brother of Robert Estienne I, the famous printer, and son to Henri, who Latinized the family name as Stephanus. He married Geneviève de Berly.

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Robert Estienne

First Name Robert
Last Name Estienne
Born on January 1, 1503
Died on September 7, 1559 (aged 56)

Robert I Estienne, known as Robertus Stephanus in Latin and sometimes referred to as Robert Stephens, was a 16th-century printer and classical scholar in Paris. He was the proprietor of the Estienne print shop after the death of his father Henri Estienne, the founder of the Estienne printing firm. Estienne published and republished many classical texts as well as Greek and Latin translations of the Bible. Known as "Printer to the King" in Latin, Hebrew, and Greek, Estienne's most prominent work was the Thesaurus linguae latinae which is considered to be the foundation of modern Latin lexicography. Additionally, he was the first to print the New Testament divided into standard numbered verses.

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Henri Estienne

First Name Henri
Last Name Estienne
Died on January 1, 1598

Henri Estienne, also known as Henricus Stephanus, was a French printer and classical scholar. He was the eldest son of Robert Estienne. He was instructed in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew by his father and would eventually take over the Estienne printing firm which his father owned in 1559 when his father died. His most well-known work was the Thesaurus graecae linguae, which was printed in five volumes. The basis of Greek lexicology, no thesaurus would rival that of Estienne's for three hundred years.

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Henri Estienne

First Name Henri
Last Name Estienne
Born on November 30, 1459
Died on January 1, 1520 (aged 60)

Henri Estienne also known as Henricus Stephanus, was a 16th-century Parisian printer. Born in Paris in 1460 or 1470, he is the son of Geoffroy d'Estienne and Laure de Montolivet. His brother Raimond d'Estienne became the heir of the Estienne family, while Henri was disinherited by his father in 1482 "for having devoted himself to printing", the profession of printer then being the cause of losing your title. Estienne established the Estienne printing firm in 1502 from his wife's deceased husband's Higman Press. After his death in 1520, his wife married his colleague Simon de Colines who took control of the Estienne Press until his son Robert Estienne assumed control of the press in 1526.

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Nicole Estienne

First Name Nicole
Last Name Estienne
Born on November 30, 1541
Died on November 30, 1588 (aged 47)

Nicole Estienne (c.1542-c.1588) was a French poet of the Renaissance.

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Henri III Estienne

First Name Henri
Last Name Estienne
Died on November 30, 1628
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Paul Estienne

First Name Paul
Last Name Estienne
Born on January 12, 1566
Died on January 1, 1627 (aged 60)
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Henri IV Estienne

First Name Henri
Last Name Estienne
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