Jean Boivin

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Jean Boivin (born March 28, 1663 in Montreuil-l'Argillé , † October 29, 1726 ) was a French Graecist and member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Académie française .

life and work

On his father's side, Jean Boivin came from a Norman family of lawyers. On his mother's side, he was the nephew of the orientalist at the Collège de France Pierre Vattier (1623–1667). Boivin lost his parents at an early age and grew up under the supervision of his older brother Louis Boivin (1649–1724), hence the name Jean Boivin the Younger . At the age of 10 he came to Paris in the household of the Minister Claude Le Peletier (1631–1711). He attended the Collège du Plessis and specialized in Greek studies. His scholarship led him to the royal library in 1686 , where he became librarian in 1692, in 1698 responsible for the manuscripts, from 1720 "garde" (in a leading position). In 1705 he was accepted into the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (as Associé , 1724 Pensionnaire ), to which his brother had been a member since 1701. From 1706 he held the chair of Greek studies at the Collège de France (as the successor to Julien Pouchard , 1656-1705). In 1716 he started a family. In 1721 he was admitted to the Académie française (seat no. 21). From 1712 he was a member of the Accademia della Crusca . He died at the age of 63.

Fonts (selection)

  • with Philippe de La Hire and Melchisedech Thévenot (eds.) Veterum Mathematicorum Athenaei, Apollodori, Philonis, Bitonis, Heronis, et aliorum Opera . Graece et latine pleraque nunc primum edita. Ex Manuscriptis Codicibus Bibliothecae Regiae. Paris 1693.
  • (Ed.) Nicephori Gregorae byzantina historia . 2 vols. Paris 1702. (Text by Nikephoros Gregoras in addition to the edition by Hieronymus Wolf )
  • Petri Pithoei vita, elogia, opera, bibliotheca . Paris 1711. (via Pierre Pithou )
  • Apologie d'Homère . Paris 1715. Geneva 1970.
  • Claudii Peleterii regni administri vita. Paris 1716. (via Claude Le Peletier)
  • "Vie de Christine de Pisan et de Thomas de Pisan, son père". In: Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions 1717, 2, pp. 762-774. (first biography about Christine de Pizan )
  • (Translator) Batrachomyomachie d'Homère, ou Combat des rats et des grenouilles . Paris 1717.
  • (Translator) Oedipe, tragédie de Sophocle, et les Oiseaux, comédie d'Aristophane . Dialogue sur la comédie des "Oiseaux". Paris 1729.

literature

  • Claude Gros de Boze : "Eloge de M. Boivin le Cadet". In: Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions 7, pp. 376-385 ( digitized version ).
  • Christophe Allard (1849-1912): "Deux normands membres de l'Académie des inscriptions au XVIIIe siècle. Louis et Jean Boivin. 2nd partie: Jean Boivin de Villeneuve (1663-1726)". In: Précis analytique des travaux de l'Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen 1888–1889. Rouen 1890, pp. 219-258. ( Digitized version ) (date of birth March 28, 1663, like Boze)
  • François Fossier: Jean Boivin et l'histoire de la bibliothèque du roi . L'Harmattan, Paris 2019.

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personal data
SURNAME Boivin, Jean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boivin de Villeneuve, Jean; Boivin the Younger, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Graecist and member of the Académie française
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreuil-l'Argillé
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1726
Place of death Paris