Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Tiberius Hemsterhuis ( born January 2, 1685 in Groningen, † April 7, 1766 in Leiden ) was a Dutch philologist.

Life

Hemsterhuis, the eldest son of the physician Francisus Hemsterhuis (1631-1705) and his wife Maria Gronwols (or Groenewout ), was baptized on 8 January. After he had received his first lessons from his father, he attended from 1696 the Latin school of his birthplace, where he was a child prodigy. On August 25, 1698, he enrolled at the University of Groningen. Here he studied philosophy at Johann Bernoulli, Greek language at Jacques Gousset (1635-1704) and the Hebrew antiquities and theology at John Brown ( 1628-1708 ). After graduating in 1701 with his father, a journey through the provinces of the Netherlands, he moved to Leiden. Here he received on February 1, 1702 the order to arrange the Oriental manuscripts in the local university library. In addition, he enrolled on 21 September 1702 at Leiden University to pursue especially the lectures on theology and the Oriental languages ​​at Salomon van Til, Jakob Gronovius and Jacobus Perizonius.

On December 20, 1704, he was appointed professor of philosophy and mathematics at the Athenaeum Illustre in Amsterdam. He acquired on January 24, 1705 for the degree of Master or Doctor of Philosophy at that time equal to major at the University of Harderwijk. On August 26, 1717, he was appointed as a professor of Greek language at the University of Franeker. However Hemsterhuis remained three years in Amsterdam before it with his inaugural speech de Graecae Linguae praestantia ex ingenio Graecorum et moribus probata ( Franeker 1720) assumed his professorship on March 6, 1720. On the Frisian Academy he was in the years 1723/24, 1729/30 and 1738/39 Rector. With the resignation of the rector rate the speeches Brevi held quasi tabular proponam quo quis ingenio natus, quibus a natura animi dotibus instructus, colendis in humanioribus Literis philologiaeque studio ornando plurimum et sibi et aliis sit ProFuturus ( 1724), de Paulo Apostolo ( 1730) and de Mathematum et Philosophiae studio cum Literis humanioribus coniungendis ( 1739 ).

After 1726 also held briefings for Dutch history, he was given on March 13, 1738 the title of professor of Dutch history. On September 12, 1740, he was appointed as a professor of Greek language and Dutch history at the University of Leiden, which task he took on 25 November of the same year with the speech de Literarum Humaniorum studiis ad mores emendandos virtutisque Cultum conferendis. In Leiden he was 1747/48 also rector of the Alma Mater, which task he laid down with the speech de Statu Belgii. Due to his age, he was released on February 1, 1757 by his lectures of the Greek language and professor emeritus at October 18, 1765. Hemsterhuis was one of the greatest humanists of the 18th century. He gave the study of the Greek language first a scientific basis and was the founder of the Dutch Hellenists School, from which David Ruhnken, Jacob van Lennep, Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer among others emerged. Although he did not publish many of his own works is its value especially in the field of education later formative teacher from his school.

On October 1, 1716 Hemsterhuis Cornelia Maria de Wilde married ( born March 26, 1685 † April 13, 1766 ), the daughter of the numismatist in Amsterdam Jacob de Wilde ( * December 14, 1645 The Hague, † March 21, 1721 in Amsterdam ) and his wife Hendrina Veen ( born November 3, 1658 Amsterdam, † March 11, 1702 ). The latter was the daughter of the physician Egbertus Veen ( born February 26, 1630 Amsterdam, † October 23, 1706 ibid ) and his first wife Maria Arminius († November 2, 1690 in Amsterdam), the granddaughter of Jacob Arminius. The marriage produced three sons Jacobus Hemsterhuis originate (* 1717 in Franeker, † died young in sea service ), Frans Hemsterhuis and Tiberius ( born June 15, 1724 in Franeker, † 1749 ibid.).

Works

• Pollucis Onomasticum Amsterdam, 1706, 2 vols
• Luciani colloquia selecta et Timon, Cebetis tabula Menandri sententiae morales Amsterdam, 1708
• Oratio funerbis in memoriam camp. Vitringa f Franeker 1723
• Oratio funerbis in Exequiis Viri praestantiss. Et Clariss. Locust Cunradi Rungii. Franeker 1723
• Programma voor de Lijkstatie s Redevoering, bij het ​​overlijden van Guil. Coetier, Eloq, et Hist. Prof 16 Dec 1723
• Chrestomathia Petronio Burmanniana Amsterdam, 1734 (anonymous). Hemsterhuis and Isaac Verburg attributed witty criticism of Petronius edition of Pieter Burmann.
• Aristophanis Plutus ( Harling. 1744)