BUXTORF, JOHN, a famous Hebrew scholar, was born at Camen in Westphalia, Dec. 25, 1664. He became professor of the Hebrew and Chaldee languages at Basle, where he was settled as a Calvinist minister. He died of the plague, Sept. 13, 1629. His principal works are, a small but excellent Hebrew Grammar, the best edition of which is that of Leyden, 1701, revised by Leusden; A treasure of the Hebrew Grammar; A Hebrew Concordance; several Hebrew Lexicons; Institutio epistolaris Hebraica; De Abbreviaturis Hebraeorum, &c.