Gruterus, Janus, 1560-1627

found: Bib. nat.(Gruter, Janus; pseuds.: Ranutius Gherus, Johannes Gualtherius, Christophorus Pflugius)

found: English Wikipedia, viewed 13 February, 2025(Jan Gruter or Gruytère, Latinized as Janus Gruterus; born 3 December, 1560 in Antwerp and died 20 September 1627 at Bierhelderhof, Heidelberg), was a Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian. Gruter was professor of history at the University of Wittenberg) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gruter

found: German Wikipedia, viewed February 20, 2025(Jan Gruter (Latinized Janus Gruterus, actually Jan de Gruytere) born 3 December, 1560 in Antwerp; died 10 or 20 September 1627 at Bierhelderhof near Heidelberg) was a humanist, epigraphist, writer, polymath and librarian. (...) Gruter wrote his first important work “Suspicionum libri IX” in Wittenberg in 1591(...) He went to the University of Heidelberg, where Elector Friedrich IV of the Palatinate had appointed him Professor of History. In Heidelberg, Gruter succeeded Paul Melissus Schede as director of the Bibliotheca Palatina in 1603. (... ) Among other things, Gruter published anthologies of works by European poets and proverbs, a world history and a collection of inscriptions, as well as collections of poetry. He occasionally used the anagrammatic pseudonym Ranutius Gherus in his publications.) - https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Gruter