Johann Froben, in Latin: Johannes Frobenius, was a famous printer, publisher and learned Renaissance humanist in Basel. He was a close friend of Erasmus and cooperated closely with Hans Holbein the Younger. He made Basel one of the world's leading... Wikipedia
Born: 1460, Hammelburg, Germany
Died: October 27, 1527 (age 67 years), Basel, Switzerland
Children: Hieronymus Froben