Sigebertus or Sijvert Evert "Siwart" Haverkamp (14 December 1684,
Leeuwarden
Leeuwarden (; fy, Ljouwert, longname=yes /; Town Frisian: ''Liwwadden''; Leeuwarder dialect: ''Leewarden'') is a city and municipality in Friesland, Netherlands, with a population of 123,107 (2019). It is the provincial capital and seat of ...
- 25 April 1742,
Leiden
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) was a Dutch
classicist
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. He published a translation of the complete works of
Josephus
Flavius Josephus (; grc-gre, Ἰώσηπος, ; 37 – 100) was a first-century Romano-Jewish historian and military leader, best known for '' The Jewish War'', who was born in Jerusalem—then part of Roman Judea—to a father of priestly d ...
, an edition of which was owned by
Thomas Jefferson
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.
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External links
CERL page
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1684 births
1742 deaths
Dutch classical scholars
Academic staff of Leiden University
People from Leeuwarden