John Price (classical scholar)
- John Price (classical scholar)
John Price (c1602–1676) was a classical scholar, publisher and collector of books. He was a Roman Catholic who described himself as ‘Anglo-Britannus’.[Michael H. Crawford, ‘Price, John (c1602?–1676)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004;] ]In 1635, in Paris, he published the "Apologia of Apuleius". [ ]From 1652 the Medicis employed him as their "keeper of coins". He was also appointed professor of Greek at Pisa.[. ]In 1661 he moved, under patronage of Cardinal Francesco Barberini, to Rome where he died in 1676.[ ]References
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