Background

He was born at Oudenarde, in Flanders. Intended for the church, he studied Greek and Latin at Ghent, and philosophy at Leuven. But his father having been outlawed for his religion, and deprived of his estate, retired to England, where the son followed him in 1567.

Upon the pacification of Ghent (1576) he returned with his father to their own country, and was appointed professor of Oriental languages at the University of Leiden in the following year.

Career

In 1572 he became professor of Oriental languages at Oxford. In 1585 he removed to Friesland, and was admitted professor of Hebrew in the university of Franeker, an office which he discharged with great honour till his death. Petrus Cunaeus.

Connections

teacher:

Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier