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April 6, 1651
André Dacier, French scholar and academic (died 1722)
André Dacier
André Dacier was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus's De verborum significatione, and was the first to produce a "readable" text of the 20-book work. His wife was the influential classical scholar and translator, Anne Dacier.