Abraham Gronovius
Abraham Gronovius was a Dutch jurist and classical scholar from the Gronovius dynasty of scholars. As the eleventh librarian of Leiden University he introduced prudent library management enhancing the collection. Gronovius curated several editions of Latin and Greek language classical works.
Biography
Born the son of Leiden professor of Greek and History Jakob Gronovius, grandson of Leiden professor and university librarian Johann Friedrich Gronovius, and brother of botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius, Abraham Gronovius inherited the love for the classics from his father Jacob and studied law in his home town. He obtained a law doctorate at the University of Angers, France, and went to England to study Greek, Latin and Syriac manuscripts in Cambridge, Oxford and London. In 1720 he married Dorothea Wynanda van Asch van Wijk from a Dutch patrician family.In 1741 he became the first professional Leiden University librarian, by not being a professor at the same time, and raising the standards of library management.
Works
Gronovius' works include:Claudius Aelianus: ''Varia Historia''
*Justinus: ''Historiae Philippicae''
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Pomponius Mela: ''De situ orbis''
Other works
*Gronovius Collection
The Gronovius Collection at Leiden University Library consists of 150 manuscripts, including medieval codices and unpublished notes of Gronovius, his father and grandfather in Latin and Greek, and 317 partly annotated printed books.Literature
- Reprint from L. Brummel et al., Eds. Het Boek. Tijdschrift voor boek- en bibliotheekwezen, third series, volume 35, pages 91–120 https://catalogue.leidenuniv.nl/.
Category:1775 deaths
Category:Academic [staff of Leiden University]
Category:Dutch classical scholars
Category:Dutch librarians
Category:Leiden University alumni