Richard ‘Dutch’ Thomson, c. 1569-1613

Paul Botley, Ph.D. (2000), University of Cambridge, teaches Renaissance literature at the University of Warwick. He has published monographs on Latin translation (2004) and Greek studies (2010) in Renaissance Europe, and co-edited the letters of Joseph Scaliger (8 vols, 2012).

• AcknowledgementsPrefaceAbbreviationsPART 1 Thomson’s Life1 Early Life2 Cambridge, 1583–15873 Germany, 15874 Leiden, 1588–1591?5 England, 1591–May 15926 Germany, May 1592–April 15937 Geneva, April–August 15938 Frankfurt, September 15939 Leiden, December 1593–May 159410 Stade, May 159411 England, June 1594–August? 159612 Geneva, October? 1596–April 159713 Italy, April 1597–April 159914 Paris, July 159915 Augsburg, Autumn 1599?16 England, from December 159917 Reading Casaubon on Athenaeus18 Richard Mountague19 Visitors to Cambridge20 The Lexicon of Photius21 Johannes de Laet, 1603–160622 Petrus Scriverius’ Lost Edition of Martial, 1602–160523 Thomson’s Hebrew24 Bringing Casaubon to England, 1607–161025 Thomson’s Elenchus, 161126 Final Years and Death27 Thomson’s Legacy: The Diatriba, 161628 Thomson’s Posthumous Reputation29 ConclusionPART 2 Thomson’s LettersThe LettersEditorial Principles and ConventionsThe Text and ApparatusInventory of the CorrespondenceList of CorrespondentsThe LettersAppendix 1: Thomson’s PoetryAppendix 2: Thomson’s LibraryIndex

“Botley’s heroic effort to trace Thomson has produced a valuable resource for research on many topics, for this multilingual, well-educated, English-Dutch son of a Protestant merchant was committed to advancing classical learning in an international circle of acquaintances and friends that included some of the best scholars of his day.”Judith Rice Henderson, University of Saskatchewan. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70, No. 4 (Winter 2017), pp. 1483-1485.