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Johan Isaksson Pontanus
Johan Isaaksz PontanusIn Latin Johannes Isacius Pontanus, in Danish Johan Isaksen (21 January 1571–7 October 1639) was a Dutch historiographer. Pontanus was the son of Margaretha van Delen and Isaac Pietersz, the Dutch consul to Denmark stationed in Helsingør.S.P. HaakPontanus, Johannes Isacius of Johan Isaakszoonin ''Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek'', Vol 1 (1911) The painter Pieter Isaacsz (1568–1625) was his older brother.Pieter Isaacsz at the RKD In 1578 his family returned to the Netherlands and Pontanus grew up in . In 1589 he enrolled as a medical student at the |
