"Dr. Adams found him one day busy at his Dictionary, when the following dialogue ensued. 'ADAMS. This is a great work, Sir. How are you to get all the etymologies ? JOHNSON. Why, Sir, here is a shelf with Junius, and Skinner, and others ; and there is a Welch gentleman who has published a collection of Welch proverbs, who will help me with the Welch. ...'"
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Franciscus Junius (the younger)
1591 – 1677
Franciscus Junius, the younger (29 January 1591 – 1677), known in France as François du Jon, was a Dutch Protestant pastor, a pioneer of Teutonic philology, a classical scholar, a collector of ancient Greek and Roman manuscripts, and an author on ancient Greek and Roman writings on the visual arts.
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