PIETER See also:

• PIETER BURMANN (1714-1778)

BURMANN (1714-1778)  , called by himself " the Younger " (See also:

• SECUNDUS, JOHANNES
• SECUNDUS, PUBLIUS POMPONIUS

Secundus), Dutch philologist, See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew of the above, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam on the 13th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1714 . He was brought up by his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle in See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, and afterwards studied See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law and See also:

• PHILOLOGY

philology under C . A . See also:

• DUKER, CARL ANDREAS (1670-1752)

Duker and See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold von See also:

• DRAKENBORCH, ARNOLD (1684-1748)

Drakenborch at See also:

• UTRECHT
• UTRECHT, TREATY OF

Utrecht . In 1735 he was appointed See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of eloquence and See also:

• HISTORY

history at See also:

• FRANEKER

Franeker, with which the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• POETRY

poetry was combined in 1741 . In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he See also:

• LEFT

left Franeker for Amsterdam to become professor of history and philology at the See also:

• ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum . He was subsequently professor of poetry (1744), See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general librarian (1752), and inspector of the gymnasium (1753) . In 1777 he retired, and died on the 24th of See also:

• JUNE

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, JOHN GODFREY (1816-1887)
• SAXE, MAURICE, COMTE DE (1696-1750)

Saxe and See also:

• KLOTZ, REINHOLD (1807-1870)

Klotz . He was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of extensive learning, and had a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for Latin poetry . His most valuable See also:

• WORKS

works are: Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poematum (1759–1773) ; Aristophanis comoediae Novem (176o) ; Rhetorica ad Herennium (1761) . He completed the See also:

• EDITIONS

editions of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil (1746)and Claudian (176o), which had been left unfinished by his uncle, and commenced an edition of See also:

• PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS (ft. 30-15 B.C.)

Propertius, one of his best works, which was only See also:

• HALF

half printed at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of his See also:

• DEATH

death .

It was completed by L. See also:

• VAN

van Santen and published in 1780 .