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. Florinus' parents were clergyman Matthias Erici Florinus of Paimio and Elisabet Henriksdotter. He began studying at the Academy of Turku in 1650 and became a Master in 1656. During his studies, he wound up in fights and was even charged with assault. However the charges was dropped. After graduating, Florinus completed postgraduate studies because he did not get the position he applied for. During this time he married Valborg Larsdotter Tammelinus in 1658. He finally got a temporary position as a stand-in for a preacher in Kimito in 1660–1661. Two years later, Florinus became a clergyman in Hämeenlinna and a teacher of pedagogy. After his first wife died, he married Beata Davidsdotter Gyllenbögel, with whom he had two children: Henrik Florinus Jr and Samuel. He became a clergyman in his home town of Paimio in 1671 and vigorously began to look out for his parish. He even used his own money for the construction of a new stone church. In addition to his work, Florinus compiled a Latin-Swedish-Finnish dictionary "Nomenclatura rerum brevissima latino-sveco-finnonica". In his writing, Florinus probably used Swedish texts as an aid, to which Finnish words had been added. The dictionary was published in 1678. Having a good command of Finnish, Florinus made his dictionary much more clearer than its predecessor and also came up with new words. The dictionary was reprinted in 1695 and later a third printing which included German vocabulary. After the death of his second wife in 1675, Florinus married Katarina Eriksdotter Pihli, widow of the chaplain of Halikko. They had two sons. All together, with his three wives, Florinus had 18 children.