Johann_Friedrich_Gronovius

Johann Friedrich Gronovius

Johann Friedrich Gronovius

German classical scholar, librarian and critic (1611–1671)

Johann Friedrich Gronovius (the Latinized form of Gronow; 8 September 1611 – 28 December 1671) was a German classical scholar, librarian and critic.

Johann Friedrich Gronovius.

Born in Hamburg, he studied at several universities and travelled in England, France and Italy. In 1643, he was appointed professor of rhetoric and history at Deventer, and in 1658 to the Greek chair at Leiden, where he remained until his death.[1] In 1665, Gronovius succeeded Antonius Thysius the Younger as the 6th Librarian of Leiden University (see also Raffaello Fabretti).

Gronovius edited and annotated Statius, Plautus, Livy, Tacitus, Aulus Gellius and Seneca's tragedies. In addition, he was the author of Commentarius de sestertiis (1643) and of an edition of Hugo Grotius's De jure belli et pacis (1660), amongst numerous other works. His Observationes contain a number of brilliant emendations. His son Jakob Gronovius was also a classical scholar.[1]

Johann Friedrich Gronovius died in Leiden in 1671.

Notes

  1. [1]
    Chisholm 1911.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gronovius, Johann Friedrich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 12 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 614.

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