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BURMANN, PIETER (1714-1778)

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BURMANN, PIETER (1714-1778) , called by himself " the Younger " (See also:Secundus), Dutch philologist, See also:nephew of the above, was See also:born at See also:Amsterdam on the 13th of See also:October 1714. He was brought up by his See also:uncle in See also:Leiden, and afterwards studied See also:law and See also:philology under C. A. See also:Duker and See also:Arnold von See also:Drakenborch at See also:Utrecht. In 1735 he was appointed See also:professor of eloquence and See also:history at See also:Franeker, with which the See also:chair of See also:poetry was combined in 1741. In the following See also:year he See also:left Franeker for Amsterdam to become professor of history and philology at the See also:Athenaeum. He was subsequently professor of poetry (1744), See also:general librarian (1752), and inspector of the gymnasium (1753). In 1777 he retired, and died on the 24th of See also:June 1778 at Sandhorst, near Amsterdam. He resembled his more famous uncle in the manner and direction of his studies, and in his violent disposition, which involved him in quarrels with contemporaries, notably See also:Saxe and See also:Klotz. He was a See also:man of extensive learning, and had a See also:great See also:talent for Latin poetry. His most valuable See also:works are: Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poematum (1759–1773) ; Aristophanis comoediae Novem (176o) ; Rhetorica ad Herennium (1761). He completed the See also:editions of See also:Virgil (1746)and Claudian (176o), which had been left unfinished by his uncle, and commenced an edition of See also:Propertius, one of his best works, which was only See also:half printed at the See also:time of his See also:death.

It was completed by L. See also:

van Santen and published in 1780.

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