Henrik Florinus

Henrik Florinus (1633 – 12 April 1705), born Henricus Florinus, was a Finnish priest, writer and translator. In 1702, he published the first collection of Finnish proverbs called ''Wanhain suomalaisten tawaliset ja suloiset sananlascut'' (''"Customary and Beautiful Proverbs of the Old Finns"''). Florinus also proofread the language of the Bible and compiled a noteworthy Latin-Swedish-Finnish dictionary. Provided by Wikipedia