Pieter Burman the Elder
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Pieter Burman (1668 – 31 March 1741), also known as Peter or Pieter Burmann[1] (Latin: Petrus Burmannus)[2] and posthumously distinguished from his nephew as "the Elder" (Latin: Senior), was a Dutch classical scholar.
Life
He was born at Utrecht, the son of Franz Burmann (Franciscus Burmannus; 1628-1679) and Maria, daughter of Abraham Heidanus.[3][4] His father was the son of a Protestant minister who had been driven from France; he officiated as professor of theology at Utrecht, and became known by his writings, especially by his commentaries on the Old Testament.[5] At the age of thirteen Pieter entered the university where he studied under Graevius and Gronovius. He devoted himself particularly to the study of the classical languages, and became unusually proficient in Latin composition. As he was intended for the legal profession, he spent some years in attendance on the law classes. For about a year he studied at Leiden, paying special attention to philosophy and Greek.[6]
On his return to Utrecht he took the degree of doctor of laws (March 1688), and after travelling through Switzerland and part of Germany, settled down to the practice of law, without, however, abandoning his classical studies. In December 1691 he was appointed receiver of the tithes which were originally paid to the bishop of Utrecht, and five years later was nominated to the professorship of eloquence and history. To this chair was soon added that of Greek and politics. In 1714 he paid a short visit to Paris and ransacked the libraries. In the following year he was appointed successor to the celebrated Perizonius, who had held the chair of history, Greek language and eloquence at Leiden.[1]
He was subsequently appointed professor of history for the United Provinces and in 1724 he became the 9th Librarian of Leiden University. His numerous editorial and critical works spread his fame as a scholar throughout Europe, and engaged him in many of the stormy disputes which were then so common among men of letters.[6]
Works
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Burman published Latin editions of Phaedrus (1698),[2] Horace (1699),[7] Valerius Flaccus (1702),[8] Petronius (1709),[9] Menander and Philemon (1710),[10] Ovid (1713[11] & 1727),[12] Velleius Paterculus (1719),[13] Quintilian (1720),[14] Justin the Historian (1722),[15] various minor Latin poets (1731),[16] Suetonius (1736),[17] and Lucan (1740)[18] He died while editing the work of Vergil, an edition that was completed by his nephew.[19]
Burman also emended Thomas Ruddiman's edition of George Buchanan's Latin works,[20] continued Graevius's Thesauruses of Italian[21] and Sicilian history,[22] and wrote the treatise De Vectigalibus Populi Romani (1694)[23] and A Brief Description of Roman Antiquities (1711).[24] His Sylloge of Letters Written by Illustrious Men (1725–7)[25] contains biographical material on scholars.[6] He edited several other volumes of letters as well.[26]
The list of his works occupies five pages in Saxe's Onomasticon. His Latin poems and orations[27] were republished after his death.[28] There is an account of his life in the Gentleman's Magazine for April 1742 by Samuel Johnson.[6]
Legacy
In his edition of Petronius's Satyricon, Burman demonstrated that the supplementary material recently added to the text by François Nodot was in fact a forgery.
References
Citations
- 1 2 EB (1878).
- 1 2 Burman (1698).
- ↑ Wiep van Bunge et al. (editors), The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch Philosophers (2003), Thoemmes Press (two volumes), article Burman Primus or Sr., Pieter, p. 193–5.
- ↑ Wilhelm Gaß (1876), "Burmann, Franz", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB) (in German), 3, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 627
- ↑
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Burmann". The American Cyclopædia.
- 1 2 3 4 EB (1911).
- ↑ Burman (1699).
- ↑ Heins (1702) & Burman (1724).
- ↑ Burman (1709).
- ↑ Burman (1710).
- ↑ Burman (1713a), Burman (1713b), & Burman (1713b).
- ↑ Burman (1727a), Burman (1727b), Burman (1727c), & Burman (1727d).
- ↑ Burman (1719).
- ↑ Burman (1720a) & Burman (1720b).
- ↑ Burman (1722).
- ↑ Burman (1731).
- ↑ Burman (1736).
- ↑ Burman (1740c).
- ↑ Burman (1746a).
- ↑ Ruddiman (1725).
- ↑ Greffe (1722a), Greffe (1722b), Greffe (1722c), Greffe (1722d), Greffe (1723a), Greffe (1723b), & Greffe (1723c).
- ↑ Greffe (1723d) & Greffe (1725).
- ↑ Burman (1694).
- ↑ Burman (1715).
- ↑ Burman (1725a) & Burman (1727e).
- ↑ Burman (1697) & Burman (1725b).
- ↑ Burman (1703), Burman (1706), Burman (1725b), Burman (1732), Burman (1740a), & Burman (1741).
- ↑ Burman (1746b).
Bibliography
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1741), Batesteinum in Concione Academica Celebratum die XXII Septembris MDCCXXXVIII, Friedrich Henning. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Bermannus] (1725c), Carmen Elegiacum, Auctoribus Illustrissimis et Amplissimis Academiae Batavae, quae est Leidae, Curatoribus, et Urbis Consulibus, in Celeberrima Panegyri, quae ad Decorandum Academiae Centesimum et Quinquagesimum Natalem die VIII Febr. MDCCXXV Convenerat, Dictum, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1725d), Catalogus Rarissimorum & Praestantissimorum Librorum, qui in Thesaurus Romano, Graeco, Italico, & Siculo Continentur, Secundum Nomina Auctorum per Alphabeti Ordinem Digestus, Leiden: Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1736), C. Suetonius Tranquillus, cum notis integris Jo. Bapt. Egnatii, Henrici Glareani, Laevini Torrentii, Fulvii Ursini, Isacii Casavboni, Jani Gruteri, Theod. Marcilii, Joannis Georgii Graevii, Caroli Patini, qui ex numismatibus illustravit, & selectis aliorum, Vols. I & II, Amsterdam: Jansson Waesberg. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1724), C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Argonauticon Libri Octo cum Notis integris Ludovici Carrionis, Laurentii Balbi Liliensis, Justi Zinzerlingi, Christophori Bulaei, Gerardi Vossii et Nicolai Heinsii, et selectis Aegidii Maserii, Joannis Bapistae Pii, Joannis Weitzii, et Aliorum, Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1719), C. Velleii Paterculi quae supersunt ex Historiae Romanae Voluminibus Duobus cum Integris Scholiis, Notis, Variis Lectionibus, et Animadversionibus Doctorum, Samuel Luchtmans. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1710), Emendationes in Menandri et Philemonis Reliquias ex nupera Editione Joannis Clerici: ubi multa Grotii & aliorum, plurima vero Clerici errata castigantur, Auctore Phileleuthero Lipsiensi, Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1722), Justini Historiae Philippicae: Variantes Lectiones, Samuel Luchtmans. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1740c), M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia cum Commentario, Leiden: Conrad Wishoff, Daniël Götval, & Georg Jacob Wishoff. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1720a), M. Fabii Quinctiliani de Institutione Oratoria Libri Duodecim cum Notis et Animadversionibus Virorum Doctorum Summa Cura Recogniti et Emendati, Vols. I & II, Leiden: Joannes de Vivié. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1720b), M. Fabii Quinctiliani ut ferunt Declamationes XIX Majores et quae ex CCCLXXXVIII supersunt CXLV Minores et Calpurnii Flacci Declamationes cum Notis Doctorum Virorum, Leiden: Joannes du Vivié. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1697), Marquardi Gudii et Doctorum Virorum ad Eum Epistolae quibus accedunt ex Bibliotheca Gudiana Clarissimorum et Doctissimorum Virorum, qui superiore & nostro saeculo floruerunt et Claudii Sarravii Senatoris Parisiensis Epistolae ex eadem Bibliotheca auctiores, Franz Halmam & Willem van de Water, and corrected edition (1714) Heinrich Scheurleer. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1706), Oratio de Auspicatissima Terra Marique Anni M DCCVI Batavorum & Foederatorum Militia, & Praeclaris a Communi Hoste Reportatis Victoriis XXV Novemb. M D CCVI, Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1703), Oratio Funebris in Obitum Viri Clarissimi Joannis Georgii Graevii, Magnae Britanniae Regis Historici, Politices, Historiarum, & Eloquentiae Professoris Ordinarii Habita XI Kal. Martias M D CCIII, Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1741), Oratio in Humanitatis Studia Habita VIII Februarii M D CCXX cum Magistratu Academico Abiret, Friedrich Henning. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1740a), Oratio pro Pigritia Publice Habita ad Diem XX Febr. MDCCII, Friedrich Henning. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1725b), Petri Cunaei, Eloquentiae & Juris Romani quondam in Academia Batava Professoris, & Doctorum Virorum ad Eumdem Epistolae quibus accedit Oratio in obitum Bonaventurae Vulcanii, Leiden: Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1698), Phaedri, Aug. Liberti Fabularum Aesopiarum Libri V cum integris Commentariis Marq. Gudii, Conr. Rittershusii, Nic. Rigaltii, Nic. Heinsii, Joan. Schefferi, Jo. Lud. Praschii, & excerptis aliorum, Amsterdam: Heinrich Wetstein. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1746b), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus Junior], ed., Poëmatum Libri Quatuor, Amsterdam: Meinard Uytwerf. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1731), Poetae Latini Minores sive Gratii Falisci Cynegeticon, M. Aurelii Olympii Nemesiani Cynegeticon, Et Ejusdem Eclogae IV, T. Calpurnii Siculi Eclogae VII, Claudii Rutilii Numatiani Iter, Q. Serenus Samonicus De Medicina, Vindicianus sive Marcellus De Medicina, Q. Rhemnius Fannius Palaemon De Ponderibus & Mensuris, et Sulpiciae Satyra cum integris Doctorum Virorum Notis & quorumdam excerptis, Vols. I & II, Leiden: Conrad Wishoff & Daniël Gödval. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1732), Pro Literatoribus et Grammaticis Oratio, Habita VIII Februarii MDCCXXXII cum Magistratu Academico Abiret, Leiden: Conrad Wishoff & Daniël Gödval. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1713a), P. Ovidii Nasonis... Scripta Amatoria Complexus, P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera, Vol. I, Amsterdam: Rod. & Ger. Wetsten. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1713b), P. Ovidii Nasonis... Metamorphoses Complectitur, P. Ovidii Nasonis Opera, Vol. II, Amsterdam: Rod. & Ger. Wetsten. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1713c), P. Ovidii Nasonis... Fasti, Tristia, Ponticae Epistolae, et Ibis, Vol. III, Amsterdam: Rod. & Gerh. Wetsten. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1727a), Publii Ovidii Nasonis Heroides Amorum Lib. III, Artis Amatoriae Libri III, Remedia Amoris, Medicamina Faciei Halieutica, Epicedion Drusi Caesaris A. Sabini Epistolae III, cum Integris Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, Danielis et Nicolai Heinsiorum, et Excerptis Aliorum Notis], Publii Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia IV Voluminibus Comprehensa cum Integris Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, et Danielis Heinsii Curis Secundis, et Aliorum in Singulas Partes, Partim Integris, Partim Excerptis, Adnotationibus, Vol. I, Amsterdam: Jansson Waesberg. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1727b), Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseon Libri XV cum Integris Jacobi Constantii Fanensis, Henrici Loritii Glareani, Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, Danielis et Nicolai Heinsiorum, et Excerptis Aliorum Notis, quibus et suas Adnotationes, Publii Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia..., Vol. II, Amsterdam: Jansson Waesberg. (Latin)
- Publii Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum Libri VI cum Integris Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, Caroli Neapolis, Danielis et Nicolai Heinsiorum, et Excerptis Aliorum Notis, Publii Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia..., Vol. III, Amsterdam: Jansson Waesberg, 1727c. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1727d), Publii Ovidii Nasonis Ibis cum Integris Jacobi Constantii Fanensis, Jacobi Micylli, Herculis Ciofani, Dionysii Salvagnii Boesii, Dan. et Nic. Heinsiorum, et Exerptis Aliorum Notis ut et Appendicem Ovidianam Vitas Ovidii, Elogia et Dedicationes et Praefationes Doctorum Virorum Addenda et Tres Indices, Publii Ovidii Nasonis Opera Omnia..., Vol. IV, Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstein & G. Smith. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1746a), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus Junior], ed., P. Virgilii Maronis Opera, cum Integris & Emendatioribus Commentariis Servii, Philargyrii, Pierii, Accedunt Fulvii Ursini, Georgii Fabricii, Francisci Nansii, Joh. Musonii, Tanaquilli Fabri, et Aliorum, ac Praecipue Nicolai Heinsii Notae Nunc Primum Editae, Vols. I, II, III, & IV, Amsterdam: Jacob Wetsten. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1699), Q. Horatius Flaccus: Accedunt J. Rutgersii Lectiones Venusinae, François Halma & Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1740b), Somnium sive Iter in Arcadiam Novam, Publice Narratum in Maiori Academiae Ultraiectinae Acroaterio ad diem VIIII Septembris MDCCX, Friedrich Henning. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1725a), Sylloges Epistolarum a Viris Illustribus Scriptarum, Vols. I, II, & III, Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1727e), Sylloges Epistolarum a Viris Illustribus Scriptarum, Vols. IV, V, & "V", Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1709), Titi Petronii Arbitri Satricôn quae supersunt cum integris Doctorum Virorum Commentariis & Notis Nicolai Heinsii & Guilielmi Goesii nunc primum editis: Accedunt Jani Dousae Praecidanea, D. Jos. Ant. Gonsali de Salas Commenta, Variae Dissertationes & Praefationes, quarum Index post praefationem exhibetur, Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1734), Vectigalia Populi Romani et Ζευς Καταιβατης sive Jupiter Fulgerator in Cyrrhestarum Nummis curis secundis Illustrata, Leiden: Conrad & George Wishoff. (Latin)
- Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus] (1715), Viri Clar. Antiquitatum Romanarum Brevis Descriptio in Usum Lectionum Recusa, 2nd ed., Leipzig: J. Chrisopher Christmann. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1722a), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Regionis Transpadanae et Alpibus Vicinae Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. IV, Pts. i & ii, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1722b), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Regionum et Urbium Juris Veneti Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. V, Pts. i, ii, iii, & iv, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1722c), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Patavii, Fori-Julii, Istriae Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. VI, Pts. i, ii, iii, & iv, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1722d), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Bononiae, Urbium Status Ecclesiastici et Aliarum ad Mare Adriaticum, Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. VII, Pts. i & ii, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1723a), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Etruriae, Umbriae, Sabinorum, Latii, Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. VIII, Pts. i, ii, iii, & iv, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1723b), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Campaniae, Neapolis, Magnae Graeciae, Confiniumque Populorum ac Civitatium Res Antiquas, aliasque vario tempore gestas, memoriae prodiderunt, Vol. IX, Pts. i, ii, iii, iv, & v, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1723c), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Italiae, quo continentur Optimi quique Scriptores reliqui, qui Cisalpinae Italiae, et Longobardiae res memoriae prodiderunt, quique Priorum Tomorum Supplementi Vicem Praestare Possunt, Secundum ordinem Regionum Italiae in illis dispositi, Vol. IX, Pts. vi, vii, & viii, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1723d), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Siciliae, quo continentur Rarissimi & Optimi quique Scriptores, qui Nobilissimarum Insularum, Siciliae, Sardiniae, Corsicae et Adjacentium Situm, Res gestas, Antiquitates & Imperiorum vicissitudines memoriae prodiderunt, Vols. I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, & X, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Greffe, Johann Georg [Joannes Georgius Graevius] (1725), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Thesaurus Antiquitatum et Historiarum Siciliae..., Vols. XI, XII, XIII, XIV, & XV, Pieter vander Aa. (Latin)
- Heins, Nicolaas [Nicolaus Heinsius] (1702), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., C. Valerii Flacci Setini Balbi Argonautica, Willem van de Water. (Latin)
- Ruddiman, Thomas [Thoma Ruddimannus] (1725), Burman, Pieter [Petrus Burmannus], ed., Georgii Buchanani, Scoti, Poëtarum sui seculi facile Principis, Praeceptoris Jacobi VI Scotorum, & Primi Angl. Reg. Opera Omnia, Historica, Chronologica, Juridica, Politica, Satyrica & Poetica, J. Arnold Langerak. (Latin)
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Baynes, T.S., ed. (1878). "Pieter Burmann". Encyclopædia Britannica. IV (9th ed.). p. 562.
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Burmann, Pieter "the Elder"". Encyclopædia Britannica. IV (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 846.
External links
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"Burmann, Peter". New International Encyclopedia. 1905.