
Hieronymus de Bosch or Jeronimo de Bosch (23 March 1740 in
Amsterdam
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– 1 June 1811 in
Leiden
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) was a
Latin
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poet and notable scholar from the
Netherlands
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. He wrote several books, the most important of which was the "
Anthologia Graeca
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", containing the
Anthology of Planudes
The ''Anthology of Planudes'' (also called ''Planudean Anthology'', in Latin ''Anthologia Planudea'' or sometimes in Greek ''Ἀνθολογία διαφόρων ἐπιγραμμάτων'' ("Anthology of various epigrams"), from the first line of ...
with
Latin
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translation.
He was a member of
Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
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from 1776, a member of
Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde
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from 1780, a member of
Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen from 1793, and a member of the
Maatschappij ter bevordering van de Landbouw. In 1808 he was asked by
Louis Bonaparte
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to be a member of the
committee for the formation of the Koninklijk Instituut along with
Martinus van Marum
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,
Jean Henri van Swinden
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Biography
His parents were the lawyer Phillippe van Swinden and Marie Anne Tollosan. H ...
, and
Martinus Stuart. He subsequently became member of the institution. His sister married the Haarlem minister and librarian
Abraham de Vries. He was the grandfather of the Dutch politician
Jeronimo de Bosch Kemper through his daughter, who married
Joan Melchior Kemper
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After studies in Amsterdam and Leiden he taught civil law in Amsterdam beginning in 1806, and natural, public and international law in Leiden beginning in 18 ...
.
Works
His works were:
*Anthologia Graeca cum versione Latina Hugonis Grotii, Hieronymo de Bosch, Ultrajecti e Τypographia B. Wild & J. Altheer
vol. 1, 1795vol. 2, 1797vol. 3 1798
vol. 4, 1810 (entitled Observationes in Anthologiam graecam)
(and the continuation of his work, after his death
vol 5, 1822 (written by David Jacobus van Lennep, but also bearing de Bosch's name)
, containing the Anthology of Planudes
The ''Anthology of Planudes'' (also called ''Planudean Anthology'', in Latin ''Anthologia Planudea'' or sometimes in Greek ''Ἀνθολογία διαφόρων ἐπιγραμμάτων'' ("Anthology of various epigrams"), from the first line of ...
and other poems
*Bibliotheca Boschiana sive catalogus librorum qui studiis inservierunt viri celeberrimi H*. - 1812
*Carmen de aequalitate hominum. - 1793
*Dissertatio De Q. Horatii Flacci Epistola Ad Pisones De Arte Poetica. Published in Commentationes Latinae Tertiae Classis Instituti Regii Belgici msterdam, 7 Volumes, 1818-1855*Curae secundae in Horatii Epistolam ad Pisones de arte poetica e sc*. - 1812
*Lofrede op J. R. Deiman. - 808 808 may refer to:
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*Poemata. - 1803, 1808
*Poematum appendix. - 1808
*Über Homers Ilias. - 1788
*In acerbum funus Nicolai Bondt, 1796
*In funere Nicolai Vriesii, 1766
References
1740 births
1811 deaths
Dutch classical scholars
Dutch male poets
New Latin-language poets
18th-century Latin-language writers
19th-century Latin-language writers
Members of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Writers from Amsterdam
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