André Dacier
André Dacier was a French classical scholar and editor of texts. He began his career with an edition and commentary of Festus' 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.
6 April 1651
Born on the same birth day (6 April): Andrea Botez • Angeliki Laiou • Bert Blyleven • Black Francis • Christopher Allsopp • Christos Sartzetakis • Feodor Lynen • Gerhard Ritter • Hilary Rhoda • John Sculley • Maurizio Damilano • Michaël Ciani • Nadar • Nicolas Chamfort • Shannon Boyd-Bailey McCune • Tim Hasselbeck • Tom Veivers
Born in the same month (April 1651): Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus • Jean-Baptiste de La Salle • Joseph Vaz