Hieronymus de Bosch or Jeronimo de Bosch (23 March 1740 in

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poet and notable scholar from the

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. He wrote several books, the most important of which was the "

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", containing the Anthology of Planudes with

translation. He was a member of

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from 1776, a member of Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde 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

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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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, and

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. 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

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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 1798vol. 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 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. -

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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 Neo-Latin poets 18th-century writers in Latin 19th-century writers in Latin Members of the Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Writers from Amsterdam {{Netherlands-academic-bio-stub