Johann Friedrich Gronovius
Johann Friedrich Gronovius (the Latinized form of Gronow ) (born September 8, 1611 in Hamburg , † December 28, 1671 in Leiden ) was a German classical philologist and text critic .
Life
After studying at the universities of Jena , Leipzig , Altdorf , Leiden and Groningen , he traveled to England , France and Italy . 1643 he was appointed professor of rhetoric in history and at the Gymnasium Illustre Deventer appointed in 1658 to the Greek of -Lehrstuhl Leiden University appointed, where he served as 1661/62 and 1670/71 rector and librarian of Leiden University Library worked. Here he stayed until his death.
Gronovius edited and commented on Statius , Plautus , Livius , Tacitus , Cicero , Aulus Gellius and Seneca's tragedies. In addition, he was - among many other works - author of the Commentarius de sestertiis (1643) and editor of Hugo Grotius ' De jure belli et pacis (1660). His observations contain a great number of brilliant emendations . He was the father of Jakob Gronovius and the grandfather of the botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius .
literature
- Gerhard Baader : Gronovius, Johann Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 127 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Otto Beneke : Gronovius, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, pp. 721-723.
- Friedrich August Eckstein : Gronovius, Johann Friedrich . In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Verlag FA Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1872, 1st section, vol. 92, p. 204 ( online )
- Georgios Fatouros : Gronovius, Johann Friedrich. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 618-620.
- John Edwin Sandys : History of Classical Scholarship. Volume 2: From the Revival of Learning to the End of the Eighteenth Century (in Italy, France, England, and the Netherlands). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1908 (Reprint. Martino, Mansfield Center CT 2009, ISBN 978-1-57898-048-2 ).
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : GRONOVIUS (Johannes Fredericus). In: Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem, 1862, vol. 7, p. 437, ( online )
- Jan Watzes Bierma: GRONOVIUS (Johannes Fredericus) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 1. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 989–992 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1911, reprinted unchanged).
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Friedrich Gronovius in the catalog of the German National Library
- Publications by and about Johann Friedrich Gronovius in VD 17 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ B. Scheurleer Jr: Veilingcatalogus, boeken van J. Th. Royer… [et al.], 1 to 6 April 1816. B. Scheurleer Jr, 1816 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gronovius, Johann Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gronov, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German classical philologist and text critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1611 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1671 |
| Place of death | Suffer |