Jakob Gronovius

He was born in Deventer, the son of the German classical scholar Johann Friedrich Gronovius and Aleyda ten Nuyl, and father of the botanist Jan Frederik Gronovius.

He studied classics under the guidance of his father and then he completed his education in Oxford and Cambridge.

Between the beginning of 1671 and the end of 1673 he visited France, Spain and Italy during a Grand Tour.

He then lived in Deventer until 1679, when he was appointed Professor of Greek history and language at the University of Leiden.

[1][2] Gronovius is chiefly known as the editor of the Thesaurus antiquitatum Graecarum (1697–1702, in 13 volumes).