death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
st. louis , missouri 2 february 2012 frankenmuth , michigan 20 july 1920 frederick william danker
 frederick william danker lexicographer , new testament scholar
frederick william danker

frederick william danker -lrb- ; july 12 , 1920 -- february 2 , 2012 -rrb- was a noted new testament scholar and the pre-eminent koine greek lexicographer for two generations , working with f. wilbur gingrich as an editor of the `` bauer lexicon '' starting in 1957 until the publication of the second edition in 1979 , and as the only editor from 1979 until the publication of the 3rd edition , updating it with the results of modern scholarship , converting it to sgml to allow it to be easily published in electronic formats , and significantly improving the usability of the lexicon , as well as the typography .
earlier english-language editions of the `` bauer lexicon '' were essentially translations and adaptations of bauer 's german dictionary into english .
professor danker 's dictionary was essentially an entirely new work .
professor danker reportedly worked on the lexicon 12 hours a day , 6 days a week , for 10 years .
