Bosch, Jeronimo de (1740-1811)
Jeronimo de Bosch was born 23 March 1740 at Amsterdam, and died there 1 June 1811. He was an apothecary until 1773 and then became highest official in the Amsterdam secretariat. He was a Latin poet and highly regarded for his scholarship as well as his gentle and noble character. A poem of his on Napoleon Bonaparte was translated into Dutch, French, and German. The following works were published by him: Over den Staat der Zielen na den dood des lichaams (1784); De inhoud van den Ilias van Homerus (1804, translated into German); Lofrede op H. G. Oosterdijk (Amsterdam, 1795); and Lofrede op J. R. Deiman.
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Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 248.
Kalff, Gerrit. Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche letterkunde. Groningen: Wolters, 1906-1912: VI, 4, 156 ff, 319-321, 585-587.
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV, 235-239. Available online at http://www.dbnl.org/titels/titel.php?id=molh003nieu00.
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