Jozef IJsewijn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jozef IJsewijn

Belgian classical philologist

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1932

Place of Birth: Zwijndrecht, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 27-Nov-1998

Profession: university teacher, classical philologist, latinist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jozef A.
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IJsewijn (Zwijndrecht, 30 December 1932 – Leuven, 27 November 1998) was a Belgian Latinist.
He studied classical philology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, where he became a professor in 1967.
An authority on Neo-Latin literature (Latin texts since the beginning of humanism in the 14th century), IJsewijn has been called "the founding father of modern neo-Latin studies".
In 1980, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences.
A collection of essays in his memory was published in 2000.