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Cornelis Schrevel (bapt. 13 April 1608 – 1664) was a Dutch physician and scholar.
Schrevel was born in 
The ''Lexicon'' ran to scores of editions in half-a-dozen languages, to the early nineteenth century; an expansion of 1663 was edited by Joseph Hill.
Schrevelius family genealogy
Cornelii Schrevelii Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum Et Latino-Græcum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrevel, Cornelis 1608 births 1664 deaths Dutch classical scholars People from Haarlem Leiden University alumni Classical scholars of Leiden University
Haarlem
Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...
. He studied medicine at Leiden University
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; nl, Universiteit Leiden) is a Public university, public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. The university was founded as a Protestant university in 1575 by William the Silent, William, Prince o ...
and replaced his father Theodorus Schrevelius
Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet.
Biography
He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the L ...
as head of the college faculty at Leiden in 1642. He published a Latin-Greek lexicon and edited many classical authors, including an edition of Curtius Rufus
Curtius Rufus () was a Roman professional magistrate of senatorial rank mentioned by Tacitus and Pliny the Younger for life events occurring during the reigns of the emperors Tiberius and Claudius. In all probability, he is to be equated with the ...
owned by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Fathers of the United States, Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 18 ...
. He died in Leiden
Leiden (; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 119,713, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration wit ...
.
The ''Lexicon'' ran to scores of editions in half-a-dozen languages, to the early nineteenth century; an expansion of 1663 was edited by Joseph Hill.
References
*Sowerby, E.M. ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', 1952, v. 1, p. 13Schrevelius family genealogy
External links
* http://www.richardwolf.de/latein/schrevel.htmCornelii Schrevelii Lexicon Manuale Græco-Latinum Et Latino-Græcum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schrevel, Cornelis 1608 births 1664 deaths Dutch classical scholars People from Haarlem Leiden University alumni Classical scholars of Leiden University