János Zsámboky

Johannes Sambucus

Native name	János Zsámboky
Born	June 1, 1531 Nagyszombat
Died	June 13, 1584 Vienna
Nationality	Hungarian

János Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name Latin: Johannes Sambucus, or Johannes Pannonicus Sambucus; June 1, 1531, Nagyszombat - June 13, 1584, Vienna) was a Hungarian^[1]^[2] humanist scholar: physician, philologist and historian.

He was the composer of the most renowned Hungarian Emblemata book: Emblemata cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis, Ioannis Sambuci Tirnaviensis Pannonii. (1564). Sambucus' emblem book was edited five times and it was translated into French and Dutch. He also wrote the Icones veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque in 1574, published in Antwerpen.^[3]

Persondata
Name	Zsamboky, Janos
Alternative names
Short description	HUngarian scholar
Date of birth	June 1, 1531
Place of birth	Nagyszombat
Date of death	June 13, 1584
Place of death	Vienna

References

^ Jacob Soll, The information master: Jean-Baptiste Colbert's secret state intelligence system, University of Michigan Press, 2009, p.26 [1]
^ Theo Hermans, A literary history of the Low Countries, Camden House, 2009, p.156 [2]
^ "Lessico – Sambucus Ioannes". Summa Gallicana. http://www.summagallicana.it/lessico/s/Sambucus_Ioannes.htm. Retrieved 21 October 2011.