Jan Moretus
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Jan Moretus, also Johann Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus, (Antwerp, 2 May 1543 – 1610) was a Flemish printer. Moretus married the second daughter of the famous Antwerp publisher Christoffel Plantijn in 1570. He had been working for Plantijn since 1557, and after his death, Jan Moretus would became the owner of his printing company. Nowadays there still exists a Plantin-Moretus Museum in Antwerp.
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