Griesbach, Johann Jacob, German theologian and biblical critic, born in Hesse-Darmstadt; produced a critical revision of the text of the New Testament, the chief labour of his life, for which he visited and ransacked the various libraries of Europe (1745‒1812).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Grierson, Sir Robert, of Lag * Griffin