VirginiaHuguenot
Puritanboard Librarian
Theodore Haak, German Calvinist (1605 -- May 9, 1690) was an eminent translator of the seventeenth century. He translated the Dutch Annotations Upon the Whole Bible (from Dutch into English at the commission of the Westminster Assembly); Henry Scudder's The Christian's Daily Walk (from English into 'high Dutch'); John Milton's Paradise Lost (from English into 'high Dutch'); among other things. He also corresponded with John Winthrop and other leaders of the age, and first proposed (1645) a gathering of learned men to discuss ideas, which resulted in the formation of the Royal Society.