Jacobus van Wageningen

Jacobus van Wageningen (1916)

Jacobus van Wageningen (born February 2, 1864 in Nijmegen , † October 16, 1923 in Groningen ) was a Dutch classical philologist .

Life

Jacobus van Wageningen studied from 1882 to 1888 Classics at the University of Utrecht (at Henricus van Herwerden and Cornelis Marinus Francken ), where he on 20 October 1888 the title summa cum laude to the Dr. phil. received his doctorate . He then taught at the grammar school in Tiel and from 1889 at the Praedinius grammar school in Groningen , where he was appointed vice principal in 1902. During this time he wrote several auxiliary books for school lessons: His Gids voor Gymnasiasten (1890), a translation of Martin Wohlrab's manual published shortly before (1889), saw numerous new editions. In 1892 he published an introduction to the Greek theory of forms . In the same year the first delivery of his Latin dictionary (completed in 1900), which remained in use for a long time, appeared.

On July 21, 1903 van Wageningen was appointed full professor of Latin linguistics and literary studies at the University of Groningen (as the successor to Jacob Samuel Speyer ). He gave his inaugural address on October 17, 1903, on characteristics of the Latin language and literature. In the academic year 1915/1916 he was the rector of the university. On April 28, 1916, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences elected him a full member.

In his research, van Wageningen dealt with wide areas of ancient literature. He wrote critical text editions of the Cicero speech Pro Caelio (1908), the satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus (1911), Seneca's tragedy Phaedra (1918) and the dialogue Octavius (1923) by Minucius Felix , a reconstruction of Cicero's Consolatio ad se ipsum (1916) as well as studies on Roman theater and stage affairs. His research focus was particularly on ancient astrology , on which he presented several studies and editions: 1903 an edition of the picture table of Kebes , 1915 an edition of the Astronomica by Marcus Manilius , 1921 a commentary on it. His text edition (in the Bibliotheca Teubneriana ) was in competition with the edition by Alfred Edward Housman (1903–1930).

Fonts (selection)

• Dissertatio litteraria inauguralis de Vergili Georgicis . Utrecht 1888 (dissertation)
• Gids for high school students . Groningen 1890. 6th edition 1916. 8th edition 1924. 9th edition 1927. 12th edition 1938. 22nd edition 1958. 23rd edition 1960. 25th edition 1965. 28th edition 1970 (translation by Martin Wohlrab: Die oldklassischen Realities in high school . Leipzig 1889)
• Latijnsch Woordenboek . Groningen 1892-1900. 2nd edition Groningen 1914. 3rd edition Groningen 1921. 4th edition 1929. Reprint 1965
• Opstellen the oefening in de Grieksche vormleer . Groningen 1892
• Vocabularium en alphabetical woordenlijst bij de opstellen ter oefening in de Grieksche vormleer . Groningen 1892
• The characteristics in de Latijnsche taal en hare letterkunde . Groningen 1903
• Cebetis tabula . Groningen 1903
• Album Terentianum picturas continens ex imagine phototypa Lugdunensi Terentii codd. Ambrosiani H 75 et Parisini 7899 sumptas et lithographice expressas . Groningen 1907
• Scaenica Romana . Groningen 1907
• M. Tulli Ciceronis Oratio per Caelio . Groningen 1908
• Auli Persi Flacci Saturae. Edidit atque prolegomenis, interpretatione Belgica, commentario instruxit Jacobus van Wageningen . Groningen 1911
• M. Manilii Astronomica . Leipzig 1915
• Astrology en hair invloed op de Romeinsche Literatuur . Groningen 1916
• De Ciceronis libro consolationis . Groningen 1916
• Seneca's leven en moraal . 1917
• Seneca's Phaedra, met inleiding en aanteekeningen voorzien . Groningen 1918
• The names of the four temperaments. In: Janus , Volume 23, 1918, pp. 48-55.
• Commentarius in M. Manilii Astronomica . Amsterdam 1921
• M. Minucii Felicis Octavius . Two volumes, Utrecht 1923
• Manilius 6th In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIV, 1, Stuttgart 1928, Sp. 1115-1133.

literature

Obituaries

• Antoon Gerard Roos : Provinciale Groninger Courant , October 19, 1923
• Albert Willem de Groot: De Amsterdammer: weekblad voor Nederland , October 27, 1923, p. 2 (with picture)
• Maarten van Rhijn: Bergopwaarts: weekblad [Laren] , October 27, 1923, p. 3f.
• Antoon Gerard Roos: Groningian student almanac . Year 1924, pp. 154–168
• Ben L. Hijmans: Groningian student almanac . Year 1924, pp. 169–174
• Carl Wilhelm Vollgraff : Jaarboek of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen . 1924–1925, pp. 1–26 (with list of publications) PDF

Appreciations

• Universitas Groningana 1914–1964: commemorative card from the Rijks-Universiteit te Groningen for 350 years . Groningen 1964, p. 233f.
• John Barrie Hall: Jacobus van Wageningen, Manilius, and Housman . In: Heinz Hofmann (Ed.): Latin Studies in Groningen 1877–1977 . Groningen 1990, pp. 57–72 (with picture)
  • Review: Henry David Jocelyn , Liverpool Classical Monthly . Volume 18 (1993), pp. 106-110

Web links

Wikisource: Jacobus van Wageningen  - Sources and full texts

• Information about Jacobus van Wageningen on the homepage of the University of Groningen (Dutch)