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 with the college statutes, and his fellowship was therefore declared vacant in June 1788. He died at Birdingbury of a rapid decline on 4 May 1791, and was buried in the churchyard there.

Homer edited: 1. The first, twenty-fifth, and thirty-first books of ‘Livy,’ from Drakenborch's edition, with Dissertations, 1787, 8vo. 2. Tacitus, ‘De Moribus Germanorum et de Vita Agricolæ,’ London, 1788, 12mo. 3. ‘Tractatus varii Latini, a Crevier, Brotier, Auger, aliisque clarissimis viris conscripti, et ad Rem cum criticam, tum antiquariam pertinentes,’ London, 1788, 8vo. 4. ‘P. Ovidii Nasonis Heroides ex editione P. Burmanni,’ London, 1789, 8vo. 5. ‘A. Persii Flacci Satirarum liber,’ 1789, 4to. 6. ‘Sallustii Opera Omnia excusa ad editionem Cortii cum editionibus Havercampi et Gabrielis Antonii collatam,’ London, 1789, 8vo. 7. ‘Taciti Dialogus de Oratoribus,’ 1789, 8vo. 8. ‘C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri x.,’ London, 1790, 8vo. 9. ‘Taciti Opera Omnia,’ 4 vols., London, 1790, 8vo. An elegant and a correct edition, with an elaborate index. 10. ‘C. J. Cæsaris Opera Omnia,’ 2 vols. London, 1790, 8vo. 11. ‘M. T. Ciceronis de Officiis libri tres, ex editione Oliveti,’ London, 1791, 16mo. 12. ‘Quintilian,’ in the press at the time of the editor's death. 13. ‘T. Livii Patavini Historiarum libri qui supersunt omnes ex recensione Arn. Drakenborchii,’ 8 vols. London, 1794, 8vo; a very accurate reprint of Drakenborch's text, with an elaborate index. The works which he left unfinished were completed by his brothers Arthur Homer [see under, the elder] and Philip Bracebridge Homer [q. v.]

His portrait has been engraved by J. Jones from a painting by S. Harding. 

HOMER, PHILIP BRACEBRIDGE (1765–1838), assistant-master at Rugby School, was the tenth son of the Rev. Henry Homer the elder [q. v.], rector of Birdingbury, Warwickshire, where he was born in 1765. He went to Rugby in 1772, and was distinguished for his classical attainments. He matriculated as a member of University College 31 Oct. 1781, and was elected a demy of Magdalen College in 1783 (B.A. 1785, M.A. 1788, B.D. 1804). In 1785 he returned to Rugby as an assistant-master of the school. This situation he held for thirty-seven years. He was also a probationer fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1802 to 1806. In 1825 he was elected a fellow of Rugby School, being the first of the newly created fellows on the foundation. He died at Rugby on 26 April 1838.

His works are: 1. ‘The Garland, a collection of poems,’ Oxford, 1788, 4to. 2. ‘Anthologia; or a Collection of Flowers,’ London [1789], 4to, in blank verse. 3. ‘Poems, translated from the Italian of Metastasio,’ Coventry, 1790, 8vo. 4. ‘The Wishes of the Public; a Consolatory Poem translated from the Italian of Metastasio,’ Nuneaton, n.d., 8vo. 5. ‘Observations on a short Tour made in the Summer of 1803 to the Western Highlands of Scotland, interspersed with original pieces of descriptive and epistolary poetry,’ London, 1804, 8vo. 6. ‘The Introduction to the Greek Tongue,’ being the Eton Greek grammar with English notes, London, 1825, 12mo; 2nd edit. 1839. 7. ‘A Concise View of the Evidences of the Christian Religion,’ Rugby, 1827, 8vo. 8. An English-Hebrew Lexicon in manuscript, presented by his son Henry to the library of Magdalen College, Oxford.

He was also a contributor to the miscellany called ‘Olla-Podrida,’ edited by Thomas Monro, and with his brother Arthur completed and prepared for publication the editions of the Latin classics which his brother Henry Homer the younger [q. v.] had left unfinished. 

HONDIUS (DE HONDT), ABRAHAM (1638?–1691), painter, was born in Rotterdam in 1638. He may possibly be the Abraham, son of Isaack Maertens, who was baptised there on 9 Jan. 1639. Early in life Hondius displayed varied artistic abilities. He painted conflagrations, such as ‘The Destruction of Troy;’ night scenes, such as ‘The Nocturnal Carnival Scene at Rome,’ 1660 (in the Schwerin gallery); sacred subjects, such as ‘Christ as the Gardener,’ 1662 (in the Oldenburg gallery); and two conversation-pieces in the style of Palamedes, 1668 (in the Hermitage at St. Petersburg). Hondius gained his chief distinction as a painter of animals, especially of dogs, and painted numerous hunting and sporting scenes with a firm pencilling and good colour. These are highly valued. Hondius