About Franciscus Dousa
Lived 1577 – 1630 (aged 53). Franciscus Dousa was a Dutch classical scholar and philologist.
Franciscus Dousa (Latinized from Frans van der Does; 5 March 1577 in Leiden – 11 December 1630 in Leiden) was a Dutch classical scholar at Leiden University. He was a younger son of Janus Dousa, a pupil of Justus Lipsius, and a friend of Joseph Justus Scaliger.
He edited the editio princeps of Gaius Lucilius' Satyrarum quae supersunt reliquiae (1597, title page).
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Who was Franciscus Dousa?
Dutch classical scholar
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Franciscus Dousa was born on 5 March 1577 in Leiden.
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Franciscus Dousa died on 11 December 1630 in Leiden.
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Franciscus Dousa was a classical scholar and philologist.
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Franciscus Dousa was Dutch.
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