Bonaventure Hepburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bonaventure Hepburn

Scottish Philologist and Minim friar

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1573

Place of Birth: East Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: librarian, translator, explorer, linguist, lexicographer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Bonaventure Hepburn (born James Hepburn; 14 July 1573, East Lothian – October 1620 or 1621, Venice, Italy) was a Scottish Roman Catholic linguist, lexicographer, philologist and biblical commentator.
He was a scholar of some renown and rose to the post of Keeper of Oriental Books and Manuscripts at the Vatican.
In 1591 he published a work on his study of the Hebrew language and in 1616 his work on other foreign languages was published as The Heavenly Golden Rod of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Seventy-two Praises (also known as Virga Aurea), a listing of 72 different alphabets.
He was also known for translating into the Latin language the Kettar Malcuth of Rabbi Solomon.