Jacobus or Jakob Tollius (1633, in
Rhenen
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– 1696, in
Utrecht
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) was a
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classicist
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.
Tollius was the younger half-brother of Alexander and Cornelis Tollius, who were professors at the
University of Harderwijk
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. In
Harderwijk
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he studied letters and medicine, obtaining a doctoral degree in the latter. After serving as a secretary to
Nicolaas Heinsius he became head of the
Latin School
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in
Gouda. He was removed from this position after controversy over his liberal views. Eventually he became professor in
Duisburg
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, where he resigned after converting to the catholic faith.
[
Tollius started wandering abroad, mostly in ]Italy
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, and died in utter misery in Utrecht.[
Tollius was a renowned scholar of classical languages and antiquities. He published and commented such authors as Lucanus and Pseudo-Longinus.][
]
Works
Epistolae Itineraries
Amsterdam, 1700
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tollius, Jacobus
1633 births
1696 deaths
People from Rhenen
Dutch classical scholars
University of Harderwijk alumni