Jan Bake

Jan Bake (1 September 1787 – 26 March 1864) was a Dutch philologist and critic.

He was born in Leiden, and from 1817 to 1854 he was professor of Greek and Roman literature at the university.

[1] His principal works are:- His biography was written (in Dutch) by his pupil Bakhuizen van der Brink (1865); for an appreciation of his services to classical literature see L Müller, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in den Nederlanden (1869).