Arnold Drakenborch

Arnold Drakenborch (Jacob Houbraken, ca. 1737)

Arnold Drakenborch (1 January 1684 – 16 January 1748) was a Dutch classical scholar.

Early life[]

Drakenborch was born at Utrecht. Having studied philology under Graevius and Burmann the elder, and law under , in 1716 he succeeded Burmann in his professorship (conjointly with CA Duker), which he continued to hold until his death.^[1] Although he obtained the degree of doctor of laws, and was intended for the legal profession, he decided to concentrate on philological studies.^[2]

Career[]

His edition of Livy (1738–1746, and subsequent editions) is the work on which his fame chiefly rests.^[1] The preface gives a particular account of all the literary men, who have at different periods commented on the works of Livy. The edition itself is based on that of Gronovius; but Drakenborch made many important alterations on the authority of manuscripts which it is probable Gronovius had never seen.^[2]

He also published Dissertatio de praefectis urbi (1704; reprinted at Frankfort in 1752 with a life of Drakenborch); Dissertatio de officio praefectorum praetorio (1707); and an edition of Silius Italicus (1717).^[2][3]

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Attribution:

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Drakenborch, Arnold". Encyclopædia Britannica. 8 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 474.