VOSSIUS, ISAAC

(1618–1689)

This son of Gerardus Vossius stud ied at LeidenUniversityand abroad. With his already extensive col lection of books and manuscripts, he settled in Amsterdam, where he was appointed keeper of the city library in 1646. Two years later, he went to Sweden as librarian and professor of Greek to Queen Christina. From 1670, he lived in London. After his death, Leiden University purchased his famous collection of manuscripts (now known as the Codices Vossiani). Vossius published extensively in the fields of classical studies and history.