(1579–1625)
Dempster, originally from Scotland, was one of the earliest scholars to undertake research on the Etruscans, including a seven-volume work, De Etruria regali, based on written records and some material culture, and dedicated to Cosimo II (Medici), as supposed heir to the Etruscans.
Historical Dictionary of the Etruscans. Simon K. F. Stoddart.