Jan Hendrik Waszink
Jan Hendrik Waszink (17 October 1908, Renswoude – 5 October 1990, Lugano) was a Dutch Latin scholar, Professor of Latin at Leiden University. Best known as an expert on Tertullian, he also edited the translation and commentary by Calcidius on Plato's Timaeus.[1]
Waszink is counted following Franz Joseph Dölger and others as one of the founders of Reallexikon für Antike und Christentum and with Christine Mohrmann of Vigiliae Christianae.
Life
[edit]Waszink was born in Renswoude, where his father was a doctor. He was educated at a local grammar school before studying classics at Leiden University, writing his PhD thesis (1933) on Tertullian. After being a grammar school teacher, he was appointed Professor of Latin at Leiden in 1946. Though best known for his interest in patristics - fired by Dölger's seminars - he also took an interest in Neo-Latin, writing on Petrarch and participating in the edition of Erasmus.[1] Waszink became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1950.[2] He died on 5 October 1990, while holidaying with friends.[3]
Works
[edit]- (ed.) De anima by Tertullian, 1933.
- (with W.J. Verdenius) Aristotle on coming-to be and passing-away: some comments, 1946.
- (ed. and tr.) De Anima by Tertullian. 1947
- (ed.) Adversus Hermogenem by Tertullian. Utrecht, 1956.
- (tr.) Adversus Hermogenem by Tertullian. London, 1956 (ACW 24).
- (ed.) Timaeus by Plato, tr. by Calcidius. 1962.
- Studien zum Timaioskommentar des Calcidius, 1964.
- Opuscula selecta, 1979.
- (tr, with annotation) De Anima by Tertullian
- (ed. with J. C. M van Winden) De idololatria by Tertullian, 1987.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Tertullian (2009). "Brief overview of J. H. Waszink's scholarly career". In J. Jan Hendrik Waszink (ed.). Quinti Septimi Florentis Tertulliani De Anima. BRILL. p. 9. ISBN 978-90-04-16904-3. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Jan Hendrik Waszink (1908 - 1990)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
- ^ 'Jan Hendrik Waszink (1908-1990), Revue des études augustiniennes, Vol. 37 (1991), p.6
