Samuel Pitiscus (30 March 1637 – 1 February 1727) is a Dutch historian and classicist. He was a nephew of
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus.
Biography
Samuel Pitiscus was born in
Zutphen as the son of a vicar. His parents were German immigrants coming from
Palts. At age sixteen he studied theology in
Deventer
Deventer (; Sallands: ) is a city and municipality in the Salland historical region of the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. In 2020, Deventer had a population of 100,913. The city is largely situated on the east bank of the river IJssel, bu ...
and transferred to Groningen in 1655 to continue his studies. Three years later he was appointed as headmaster of the Latin school in his home town. He held this post until 1685 when he accepted a similar position at the Latin school in
Utrecht. In 1690 he was asked by a printer to deliver a commentary on the work of
Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.
His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...
and the book was published later that year. In 1713 he revised
Rosinus' work on
Roman antiquities, publishing his ''Lexicon antiquitatum romanarum''. He also published a Dutch-Latin dictionary together with
Arnoldus Henricus Westerhovius. Pitiscus retired in 1717
He died in Utrecht.
Works
*''Gaiji Suetonii Tranquilli Opera'' (1690)
*''Lexicon antiquitatum Romanarum'' (1713)
*''Lexicon Latino-Belgicum novum'' (1729, posthumously)
References
* E.O.G. Haitsma Mulier en G.A.C. van der Lem: ''Repertorium van geschiedschrijvers in Nederland 1500-1800''. Nederlands Historisch Genootschap, Den Haag 1990
External links
* http://www.richardwolf.de/latein/pitiscus.htm
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1637 births
1727 deaths
Dutch classical scholars
People from Zutphen