Jacobus Gronovius a.k.a. Jacob Gronow (10 October 1645 – 21 October 1716) was a Dutch classical scholar. He was born in

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, the son of the German classical scholar

Johann Friedrich Gronovius Johann Friedrich Gronovius (the Latinized form of Gronow; 8 September 1611 – 28 December 1671) was a German classical scholar, librarian and critic. Born in Hamburg, he studied at several universities and travelled in England, France and ...

and Aleyda ten Nuyl, and father of the botanist

Jan Frederik Gronovius Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) (10 February 1690 in Leiden – 10 July 1762 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus. John Clayton, a plant collector in Virginia sent him many ...

. His family moved to Leiden in 1658 and he married Anna van Vredenburch from Rotterdam on 5 May 1680. Gronovius is chiefly known as the editor of the ''Thesaurus antiquitatum Graecarum'' (1697–1702, in 13 volumes). He died, aged 71, in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gronovius, Jakob 1645 births 1716 deaths Dutch classical scholars People from Deventer Classical scholars of Leiden University