biography
pronunciation:
[vosius]
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| The name of a Dutch family of scholars and historians. Three learned members were: Gerardus Joannes (1577–1649), Dutch writer and historian, born in Heidelberg, Germany, a friend of Hugo Grotius. He was professor in Leiden (1622) and Amsterdam (1631). A prolific writer with a European reputation, he turned down an appointment as professor in Cambridge and became a canon of Canterbury. He died in Amsterdam. His Opera (6 vols) were published in 1701. His son Isaäcus (1618–89), humanist and academic, was born in Leiden, The Netherlands. He travelled in France and Italy (1641–5), was secretary to Hugo Grotius in Paris (1643), and librarian to Queen Christina of Sweden (1648–52). He settled in London and was appointed Canon of Windsor by Charles II. He edited Justinus and Catullus and published works on chronology and geography. His collection of manuscripts (Codices Vossiani) is in the Leiden Library. Mattheus (c.1610–46, was born in Dordrecht, The Netherlands, the eldest son of Gerardus, and was a friend of Vondel. A historian in the service of the States of Holland (1641) and Zeeland (1642), he wrote Annales Hollandiae Zelandiaeque. |
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