Franciso taught Greek to Anglos at Cambridge.
Dryander” was the surname adopted by the 16th century Spanish reformer Francisco de Enzinas, giving Greek form to his surname (drys is the Greek word for encina, which is one of the Spanish words for “oak”).
Francis Dryander was born about 1519 and 1520. He was first educated at the University of Louvain, where he had his first encounter with the writings of the 16th century reformers. In 1542 he translated the New Testament from Greek into Spanish while studying at the
University of Wittemberg, and published it in the Netherlands in 1543.
From 1548 through 1549 he was professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge. Afterwards he translated several works into Spanish, which he was able to publish before his early death due to the plague in 1552.
Spanish historian Marcelino Menéndez-Pelayo, notwithstanding his being hostile to Dryander because of his evangelical faith, writes about him that: “Among the 16th century Spanish Protestants Dryander stands out for his philological knowledge, for the number and quality of his writings…”[1]
Inspired by the life of Francis Dryander, the mission of Dryander Publishing is to make available to the general public writings in Spanish language that present, explain and defend the message revealed by God in the Bible, as well as to promote evangelical authors from various parts of the world and make their writings available.
Taken from
www.dryander.com