births
July 26, 1502
Christian Egenolff, German printer (died 1555)
Christian Egenolff
Christian Egenolff or Egenolph, also known as Christian Egenolff, the Elder, was the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main, and best known for his "Kräuterbuch", Herbarum, arborum, fruticum, frumentorum ac leguminem, and re-issue of books by Adam Ries, Erasmus von Rotterdam and Ulrich von Hutten.