János Zsámboky

János Zsámboky or János Zsámboki or János Sámboki, (with his humanist name ; 1 June 1531 – 13 June 1584) was a Hungarian humanist scholar: physician, philologist and historian.

Sambucus was born in Trnava (Latin: Tyrnavia, Hungarian: Nagyszombat). He was the composer of the most renowned emblem book in Hungary: ''Emblemata cum aliquot nummis antiqui operis'' (1564). Sambucus' emblem book was edited five times and it was translated into French and Dutch. He also wrote the ''Icones veterum aliquot ac recentium Medicorum Philosophorumque'' in 1574, published in Antwerp. He died, aged 53, in Vienna. Provided by Wikipedia