Hieronymus de Bosch
- For the painter see Hieronymus Bosch (1450–1516)
Hieronymus de Bosch or Jeronimo de Bosch (23 March 1740 in Amsterdam – 1 June 1811 in Leiden) was a Latin poet and notable scholar from the Netherlands. He wrote several books, the most important of which was the "Anthologia Graeca", containing the Anthology of Planudes with Latin translation.[1][2]
He was a member of Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen from 1776, a member of Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde from 1780, a member of from 1793, and a member of the . In 1808 he was asked by Louis Bonaparte to be a member of the committee for the formation of the Koninklijk Instituut along with Martinus van Marum, Jean Henri van Swinden, and Martinus Stuart. He subsequently became member of the institution.[3] His sister married the Haarlem minister and librarian Abraham de Vries. He was the grandfather of the Dutch politician through his daughter, who married Joan Melchior Kemper.
Works[]
His works were:[4]
- Anthologia Graeca cum versione Latina Hugonis Grotii, Hieronymo de Bosch, Ultrajecti e Τypographia B. Wild & J. Altheer, vol. 1, 1795, vol. 2, 1797 vol. 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 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 [Amsterdam, 7 Volumes, 1818-1855]
- Curae secundae in Horatii Epistolam ad Pisones de arte poetica e sc*. - 1812
- Lofrede op J. R. Deiman. - [1808]
- Poemata. - 1803, 1808
- Poematum appendix. - 1808
- Über Homers Ilias. - 1788
- In acerbum funus Nicolai Bondt, 1796
- In funere Nicolai Vriesii, 1766
References[]
- ^ "Bosch, Hieronymus van". L'Enciclopedia Italiana. Treccani. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ George Ripley; Charles A. Dana (1873). "The American Cyclopaedia". D. Appleton And Company. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ "Jeronimo de Bosch (1740 - 1811)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ "Bosch, Jeronimo de (1740 - 1811)". CERL Thesaurus. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- 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
- Dutch writer stubs
- Dutch academic biography stubs