Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Voss, Gerhard Johann

VOSS, GERHARD JOHANN (fōs), usually styled Vossius, a Dutch philologist; born near Heidelberg, in 1577. In certain departments of archæophilology he made valuable original researches; and he was the first to indicate the historical evolution of the Latin language. Among his writings are: &ldquo;Essays on Rhetoric; or, The Institutes of Oratory,&rdquo;

his greatest work (1606); &ldquo;The Greek Historians&rdquo; (1624); &ldquo;The Latin Historians&rdquo; (1627); &ldquo;Aristarchus; or, On the Art of Grammar&rdquo; (1635); &ldquo;Of Errors of Speech and Latino-Barbarous Terms&rdquo; (1640); &ldquo;Heathen Theology&rdquo; (1642); &ldquo;The Times of the Ancient Poets&rdquo; (1654); &ldquo;Etymology of the Latin Language&rdquo; (1662). The &ldquo;Correspondence of Vossius with Eminent Men&rdquo; was published in 1691. He died in Amsterdam, March 19, 1649.