Pieter Burman called by himself the Younger (Secundus) to distinguish himself from his uncle

Pieter Burmann the Elder

Pieter Burman , often called Burmann, and known as the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew, was a Dutch classical scholar.-Life:...

, was a Dutch philologist

Philology

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, born at Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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He was brought up by his uncle in Leiden, and afterwards studied law

Law

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 and philology under CA Duker

Carl Andreas Duker

Carl Andreas Duker , German classical scholar and jurist, was born at Unna in Westphalia.He studied at the University of Franeker under Jacob Perizonius...

 and Arnold von Drakenborch at Utrecht

Utrecht University

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. In 1735 he was appointed professor of eloquence and history at Franeker

Franeker

Franeker is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Franekeradeel. It is located about 20 km west of Leeuwarden on the Van Harinxma Canal. As of 1 January 2006, it had 12,996 inhabitants. The city is famous for the Eisinga Planetarium from around...

, with which the chair of poetry

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 was combined in 1741. In the following year he left Franeker for Amsterdam to become professor of history

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 and philology at the Athenaeum. He was subsequently professor of poetry (1744), general librarian (1752), and inspector of the gymnasium (1753). In 1777 he retired, and died on 24 June 1778 at Santhorst, near Wassenaar

Wassenaar

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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 Saxe and Christian Adolph Klotz

Christian Adolph Klotz

Christian Adolph Klotz was a German philologist. He was a renowned representative of the transition period between the Age of Enlightenment and Sturm und Drang.-Education:...

. He was a man of extensive learning, and had a great talent for Latin poetry. His most valuable works are:

• Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poematum (1759-1763)
• Aristophanis comoediae Novem (1760)
• Rhetorica.

He completed the editions of Virgil

Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...

 (1767) and Claudian

Claudian

Claudian was a Roman poet, who worked for Emperor Honorius and the latter's general Stilicho.A Greek-speaking citizen of Alexandria and probably not a Christian convert, Claudian arrived in Rome before 395. He made his mark with a eulogy of his two young patrons, Probinus and Olybrius, thereby...

 (1760), which had been left unfinished by his uncle, and commenced an edition of Propertius, one of his best works, which was only half printed at the time of his death. It was completed by L. van Santen and published in 1780.

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