Sidronius Hosschius

[1] His contemporaries held him in great esteem for his elegant Latin verse and his works were reprinted several times during the 17th and 18th centuries.

In 1620, he moved to the college of 's-Hertogenbosch where he was a teacher of Latin and poetry to the fourth grade pupils.

To thank Willem de Wael, the principal of the college, he wrote a 90 line elegy, which was the start of his literary career.

[1] With access to the Plantin Press in Antwerp he was able to quickly gaining international fame.

In 1647 he is appointed steward by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, governor of the Southern Netherlands.