Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer

Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer (also: Ludovicus Casparus Valckenarius, Ludwig Kaspar Valckenaer; born June 7, 1715 in Leeuwarden, † March 15, 1785 in Leiden ) was a Dutch classical philologist.

Life

The son of advokāts at the court of Leeuwarden January (Johann) Valckenaer Warner and his wife Susanna, daughter of the Walloon pastor Caspar Baux, was baptized on June 9, his birth year 1715 in the French church of his birthplace. He had the city school of his hometown visits, which was headed by the then Rector Georg Christoph Schooneveld. 1731, he began studying theology at the University of Franeker, where he enrolled in the matriculation of the College on June 15, 1831. After he had attended lectures in theology at Harm Venema (1697-1787), in the Oriental languages ​​at Emo Lucius Vriemoet and in philosophy at Godefridus du Bois (1700-1747), he devoted himself to the classical languages ​​under Tiberius Hemsterhuis and Peter Wesseling. Supposedly, he is said to have his doctorate in 1737 nor in Franeker, but the Franeker Promotion album recorded no such promotion.

On September 4, 1737, he enrolled at the University of Leiden, where he continued his language studies at Albert Schulten and undertook further studies at the local university library. After he had published some papers there, he returned - weakened health - 1739 to Friesland back and in 1740 vice-principal of the Latin school in Kampen. On June 17, 1741, he was appointed as the successor of Hemsterhuis professor of Greek language at the University of Franeker, which task he took on 9 October 1741 his inaugural address De Causis neglectae literarum Graecarum culturae ( Franeker 1741). In addition, the instructions to him were applied to Greek antiquities on September 2, 1755. In Franeker he was in 1745, 1750 and 1760 also rector of the Frisian Academy.

After Hemsterhuis 1765 was gone from his Leiden professorship, the curators of the Leiden University decided to call him on 18 October 1765 professor of Greek language, which task he with the inaugural De Publicis Atheniensium moribus took over on June 3, etc. in 1766. In addition, he received on December 14, 1768 an appointment as professor of national history, which chair he took over on 1 March 1769 the unpublished speech De virtutibus rebusque gestis gulielmi I foederatae huius Reipublicae fundatoris. Here he participated also at the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was 1771/72 Rector of the Alma Mater, which task he laid down with the speech de admir andis Divinae Providentiae rationibus in fundenda Foederatorum Belgarum libertate.

Valkenaer was one of the most eminent Dutch Hellenist of the 18th century. Emerging from the Dutch school of Hellenists Hemsterhuys, he tried to unite the critical Greek language and literature with a special Latin style. His studies dealt with Greek poetry, especially to people like Euripides, Hippolytus, Ammonius and others. He also drew a the later Greek and patristic literature in the circle of his studies. He was thus important for the adoption of the New Testament language use. It came to the fore later also some important student of his. This would, for example Everwinus Wassenbergh (1742-1826), John Ruardi (1746-1815), Cornelis van Lennep (1751-1813), to name Gijsbertus Koen (1736-1767) and Peter Bondam. After his death, published from his estate Johan Luzac Callimachi fragmenta (Leiden, 1799), and the astute Diatribe de Aristobulo Judaeo (Leiden 1806). Collected published Opuscula logica philo, critica, cratoria (of Erfurdt, Leipzig 1808-09, 2 vols ) and Selecta ex Scholiis Valckenarii ( Wassenberg, Amsterdam 1815-17, 2 vols ).

Valkenaer had married on February 1, 1752 in Amsterdam Johanna van der Strict. The marriage produced five children, of whom the son of Johann Valkenaer (1759-1821), who was professor of law at Franeker him and the daughter Johanna Susanna who married in 1783 Etienne Luzac, survived originate.

Writings (selection )

  • Disputation de ritibus in Jurando a veteribus, Hebraeis maxime et Graecis, observatis. Franeker in 1735 ( 19 January)
  • Disputation de byrsa, Phoenic. arcis Carthagin. nomine; et de urbe Herodotea Cadyti; cum Glossis sacris ex Hesychio decerptis. Franeker 1737
  • Schedisma de urbe Herodotea Cadyti. 1737
  • Glossae sacrae ex Hesychio descerptae. Franeker 1737
  • Ammonius de Adfinium voc. Differentia. Accedunt opuscula Nondum edita IV grammarians Corum. Utraque cum Notis criticis. Leiden 1739 ( Online), 4th edition Leipzig 1822
  • Animadversiones ad ammonium Libros cum specimine scholiorum ad Homerum iniditorum. Leiden 1739
  • Oratio de Causis neglectae literarum Graecarum culturae. Franeker 1741
  • Oratio rectoralis, de sacra N. Fed. critice a literatorum quos vocant, non exercenda. Franeker 1745
  • Fulvii Ursini Virgilius collatione scriptorum Gr. illustratus. Cui addidit Epistolam suam ad. M. Röverum ictum; Iliadis Homeri Librum XXII cum scholiis vetustis Porphyrii et usque huc aliorum ineditis. Var. Lectionibus versuum Homeri Il. X et scholiorum mss. Moshi epitaph. Bionis cum Notis suis nec non Dissert. de praestantissimo codice Leidensi, et de scholiis in Homerum ineditis. Leeuwarden 1747
  • Oratio de prisca et nupera rerum Belgicarum vicissitudine. Franeker in 1749, Dutch translated by W. Higt. Leeuwarden 1749
  • Notae ad Aristaeneti Epistolas, insertae Editioni Frid. Ludov. Abresch. Zwolle 1749
  • Dictata in Antiquitates Graecas. 1751
  • Observationes philo logicae in gospel Lucae. 1751
  • Observationes philo logicae in Actus Apostolicos. 1752
  • Observationes philo logicae in first intention Pauli epistolam ad Corinthios. 1752
  • Euripidis Tragoedia Phoenissae, cum interpretatione Grotii, et Annotationibus suis; scholiisque partim nunc primum evulgatis, Notisque ad eas suis: nec non Grotii Prolegomenis. Franeker 1755 ( Online), Leiden 1802, Leipzig 1824 ( 2 vols )
  • Oratio de Philippi Macedonis indoles virtutibus, rebusque gestis, causis externis fractae Graecorum libertatis habita. Franeker 1760
  • Annotationes ad Herodotum in edit. Wesseling. Amsterdam 1763
  • Duae orationes, altera de publicis Atheniensium moribus, per temporum diversitate, crescentis labentisque Reipublicae causis: altera de Philippi Macedonis, Amijntae F. indoles virtutibus, rebusque gestis; causis externis fractae Graecorum libertatis. Leiden 1766
  • Diatribe in Euripidis perditorum dramatum Reliquias. Leiden 1767 ( Online), Leipzig, 1823-24 ( 2 vols )
  • Theocriti decem Idyllia in usum AUDITORS, cum notis, eiusdemque Adoniazusae, uberioribus adnotationibus instructae. Leiden 1773 ( Online)
  • Theocriti, Bionis, et Moshi carmina Bucolica, Grace et latine, latino carmine pleraque reddita from Eobano Hesso, nonnulla a GE Higtio. Subiecit Graeca ex Editionibus primis, Codicibus, et aliunde emendavit, variisque lectionibus instruxit. Suffering and Kampen 1779-1781 ( 2 vols ) ( Online), 1810
  • Orationes, quarum prima est de Paulo Apostolo.
  • Tres orationes etc. Praefiguntur duae Orationes Ioannis Chrysostomi ex cod in Laudem Pauli Apostoli cum versione latina veterinary Aniani. ms. hic illic emendata. Leiden 1782
  • Theocriti Idyllia ex recens. V. Blessed cum Scholiis Gotha, 1780
  • Callimachi hymn in Apollinem cum emend. ined. L.C.V. et interp. L. Santenii. Leiden 1787
  • Observationes Academicae, quibus via munitur ad origines Graecas invest. etc. et Jo. Dan. a Lennep, praclectiones acad. de Analogia ling. Graecae etc. ad exempla Mss rec. Ev. Scheidins. Utrecht, 1790, 1805
  • Callimachi Fragmenta collecta atque illustrata aLCV Edidit Cl. Luzac. Leiden 1799 ( Online)
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