Benjamin Hedericus

Benjamin Hedericus was a lexicographer from the Holy Roman Empire. He is most notable as the author of a Greek lexicon that was widely used in the Roman Catholic Church in Europe.
He also authored the following: Notitia Auctorum Antiqua et MediaProgymnasmata Linguae GraecaeProgymnasmata Linguae LatinaeFasti Consulares RomaniReales Schul-Lexicon - edited and expanded by Johann August Ernesti in 1767Grundliches Mythologisches LexiconLexicon Manuale Latino-Germanicum
He edited Empedocles' De Sphaera and a Latin edition of Tertullian.

Disambiguation

There was another similarly named individual, Dr Hedericus, who was a Lutheran pastor at Iglau, and an opponent of the Moravian Church in the 16th Century.