Andreas Schottus

Andreas Schottus

André Schott (Andreas Schottus) (1552–1629) was a Belgian academic, linguist, translator and editor. Born in Antwerp, he joined the Society of Jesus in 1586.

He was educated in Louvain, where he was a pupil of Cornelius Valerius [ Sandys, II, p. 305] , Douai and Paris; and taught in Saragossa and Toledo. After becoming a Jesuit he taught Greek in Rome and Antwerp. He corresponded with Ortelius and Isaac Casaubon. Schott died in Rome in 1629.

Editions Schottus was responsible for

*Aurelius Victor (1577)
*"Origo gentis romanae", [ [http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/origo_00_intro.htm Anonymous, Origo Gentis Romanae: The Origin of the Roman People (2004). Preface.] ] (1579) manuscript from Theodore Poelmann, printed with "De Viris illustribus Urbis Romae", "De Caesaribus", "De Vita et Mortis Imperatorum Romanorum" [ [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/3589.html Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 1255] ]
*"De situ orbis spicelegio auctus" of Pomponius Mela (Antwerp 1582)
*"Tabulae rei nummariae Romanorum Graecorumque" (1605)
*Seneca the rhetorician (1607)
*"Commentarius in Aemilium Probum" (1609) commentary on Aemilius Probus
*"Photii bibliotheca graeco-latina" (1611)
*"Proverbs of Diogenianus" (1612)
*"Chrestomathy of Proclus" (1615)
*"In Ciceronem Annotationes: Quibus lectiora eiusdem carmina accedunt" of Carolus Langus (Carl Lange)
*"Antonini Augusti Provinciarum"

chottus' own works

*"Hispania illustrata" (1604)
*"Annotationum Spicilegium"
*"Adagia sive Proverbia Graecorum" (Antwerp, 1612)
*"Adagia sacra Novi Testamenti" (1612)

Notes and references

* F.-N.-J.-G. Baguet (1848), "Notice biographique et littéraire sur André Schott (Andreas Schottius)", Bruxelles, Hayez

External links

* [http://susi.e-technik.uni-ulm.de:8080/Meyers2/seite/werk/meyers/band/14/seite/0610/meyers_b14_s0610.html Schottus at Meyers Konversationlexicon] ger
* [http://www.orteliusmaps.com/ortbib/Ortbibsourcess.htm Brief biography at orteliusmaps.com]


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