David Jacob van Lennep
David Jacob van Lennep (born July 15, 1774 in Amsterdam ; † February 10, 1853 there ) was a Dutch philologist and poet. He came from the Van Lennep family .
life and work
David Jacob van Lennep studied at the Athenaeum Illustre (predecessor of the University of Amsterdam ), later in Leiden first law - in which discipline he obtained his doctorate in 1796 - then philology . At the place of Wyttenbach he taught ancient languages and other subjects related to the knowledge of antiquity as a professor at the Amsterdam Athenaeum from 1799. He later became professor of eloquence at the University of Leiden, and for many years he held this position with increasing recognition. He also taught the Dutch language to King Louis Bonaparte for a while . He only took part in the political events of his fatherland to a subordinate extent; instead was mainly occupied with literary studies and work. But in 1838 he became a member of the Estates General and appeared there as an excellent speaker. He turned down the mayor of Amsterdam offered to him in 1841. He died in 1853 at the age of 78.
Lennep was already active in literature in early youth (e.g. Carmina juvenilia , Amsterdam 1790) and, with some like-minded friends, published the weekly literary paper Noah's Ark , which, however, did not exist for long, although the grievances were often witty and witty scourged of time. In particular, he devoted himself to grammatical and historical studies of the Latin language and was considered one of its most learned connoisseurs in Holland. In the Library of Ancient Literature he published a Defense of the Character of Hannibal , a treatise on divorce among the Romans as the main cause of their moral corruption , and a lyrical and epic poem, The Shepherd on the Battlefield of Cannae . In the journal Euterpe he published: Description of the various periods through which the literature of each people takes its natural and ordinary course and exploration of the general and main causes of its flowering and decay (1811).
In addition, Lennep had numerous treatises, mostly philological, appear in the works of the institute founded by Louis Bonaparte , and studies on the earliest history of the Netherlands in van Kampen's magazine . Among other things, he edited the Heroides by Ovid (Amsterdam 1809; 2nd edition 1812), the 5th volume of the Anthologia Graeca by de Bosch (Utrecht 1822) and works by Hesiods (3 volumes, Amsterdam 1843–1854). As early as 1823 he had written a rhythmic translation of Hesiod's Works and Days . He also wrote excellent Latin and Dutch poems.
Jacob van Lennep (* 1802; † 1868), a son of David Jacob van Lennep, became a writer.
Publications
literature
- Karl Theodor Wenzelburger: Lennep (David Jakob van) . In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber (Hrsg.): General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Section 2, Volume 43 (1889), p. 81.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Conversations-Lexikon der Gegenwart , Volume 18, p. 263
- ↑ http://www.dbnl.org/auteurs/auteur.php?id=Lenn004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lennep, David Jacob van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer and philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 15, 1774 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1853 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |