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Gerardus Vossius
Dutch Protestant theologian, linguist, historian and humanist (1577-1649)
Gerardus Vossius was born in 1577 in Heidelberg, Germany and died on March 17, 1649.
Born
in 1577
Died: March 17, 1649
Source:
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- Birthplace
- Heidelberg, Germany
- Professions
- humanist, head teacher, music theorist, historian, philologist, writer, theologian, university teacher, linguist, musicologist, classical scholar
- Citizenship
- Dutch Republic
More about Gerardus Vossius
Family
- Child
- Isaac Vossius
All birth date sources
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- Trove
- DLL Catalog
- Alvin
- Catalogue of the Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- MAK
- dbnl.org
- Album Academicum
- opac.vatlib.it
- Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
- Nationalencyklopedin
- CONOR.SR
- LIBRIS
- NUKAT
- National Library of Portugal
- KANTO
- Early Modern Letters Online
- datos.bne.es
- Catalogue of the Library of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
- filosofia.org
- Biografisch Portaal
- BnF authorities
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- SNAC
- ECARTICO
- Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren
- Leidse Hoogleraren
- Integrated Authority File
- British Museum person-institution thesaurus
- Lord Byron and his Times
- Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
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Questions people ask
Where was Gerardus Vossius born?
Gerardus Vossius was born in Heidelberg, Germany.