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Ludolf Kuster was a native of Westphalia.<ref>Alexander Pope, ''Selected Poems; The Essay on Criticism; The Moral Essays; The Dunciad'' (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888) 207.</ref>  He was born in Blomberg in Westphalia in 1670.<ref>Leonard Forster, “Henry Sike of Bremen (1669-1712) Regius Professor of Hebrew and Fellow of Trinity” ''Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society'' 10, no. 3 (Cambridge: Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1993) 264.</ref>  He was educated in Germany and was a professor in Berlin for a short time, but lived most of his life in Holland.<ref>David Murray, “Some Letters of Robert Foulis” ''The Scottish Historical Review'' 14, no. 54 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1917) pp. 108.</ref><br/>
 
Ludolf Kuster was a native of Westphalia.<ref>Alexander Pope, ''Selected Poems; The Essay on Criticism; The Moral Essays; The Dunciad'' (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888) 207.</ref>  He was born in Blomberg in Westphalia in 1670.<ref>Leonard Forster, “Henry Sike of Bremen (1669-1712) Regius Professor of Hebrew and Fellow of Trinity” ''Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society'' 10, no. 3 (Cambridge: Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1993) 264.</ref>  He was educated in Germany and was a professor in Berlin for a short time, but lived most of his life in Holland.<ref>David Murray, “Some Letters of Robert Foulis” ''The Scottish Historical Review'' 14, no. 54 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1917) pp. 108.</ref><br/>
<br/>Kuster was a classical scholar and critic who favored Greek and liked to be known as Neocorus.<ref>David Murray, 108.</ref>  He worked in Utrecht, Holland from 1967 on the ''Bibliotheca librorum novorum'', which was encouraged by the classical scholar J.G. Graevius.<ref>Leonard Forster, 256-57.</ref>  His scholarly circle there grew to include Henry Sike of Bremen, one of the classical scholars for whom he helped maintain scholarly connections between Utrecht and Cambridge.<ref>Ibid. 258.</ref>  Though Kuster had no university post or fellowship at Cambridge, he had a number of friends there and was closely associated to the university due to his studies.<ref>Ibid. 265.</ref>  Kuster edited Suidas’s Lexicon and published it in 1705 in Cambridge.<ref>Alexander Pope, 207.</ref>  By 1699, he “was already considered one of the most eminent Hellenists of his day.”<ref>Leonard Forster, 264-5.</ref><br/>
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<br/>Kuster was a classical scholar and critic who favored Greek and liked to be known as Neocorus.<ref>David Murray, 108.</ref>  He worked in Utrecht, Holland from 1967 on the ''Bibliotheca librorum novorum'', which was encouraged by the classical scholar J.G. Graevius.<ref>Leonard Forster, 256-57.</ref>  His scholarly circle there grew to include Henry Sike of Bremen, one of the classical scholars for whom he helped maintain scholarly connections between Utrecht and Cambridge.<ref>Ibid, 258.</ref>  Though Kuster had no university post or fellowship at Cambridge, he had a number of friends there and was closely associated to the university due to his studies.<ref>Ibid, 265.</ref>  Kuster edited Suidas’s Lexicon and published it in 1705 in Cambridge.<ref>Alexander Pope, 207.</ref>  By 1699, he “was already considered one of the most eminent Hellenists of his day.”<ref>Leonard Forster, 264-5.</ref><br/>
 
<br/>Kuster liked the working conditions with Jesuits in Paris,<ref>Forster, 265.</ref> converted to Roman Catholicism in 1715,<ref>David Murray, 265.</ref> and died in 1716.<ref>Alexander Pope, 207.</ref>  “He is said to have died of an ailment brought on by sitting constantly doubled up writing at a low table with three or four circles of books around him.”<ref>David Murray, 108</ref><br/>  
 
<br/>Kuster liked the working conditions with Jesuits in Paris,<ref>Forster, 265.</ref> converted to Roman Catholicism in 1715,<ref>David Murray, 265.</ref> and died in 1716.<ref>Alexander Pope, 207.</ref>  “He is said to have died of an ailment brought on by sitting constantly doubled up writing at a low table with three or four circles of books around him.”<ref>David Murray, 108</ref><br/>  
 
<br/>Kuster wrote this work in Latin on the true use of words by means of active and passive verbs.  He cited ancient poets who agreed with his view that Greek vowels in the first syllable were dangerous.  The title includes a note that the index is necessary to deal with difficult vowels in the long term.
 
<br/>Kuster wrote this work in Latin on the true use of words by means of active and passive verbs.  He cited ancient poets who agreed with his view that Greek vowels in the first syllable were dangerous.  The title includes a note that the index is necessary to deal with difficult vowels in the long term.

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by Ludolf Kuster

Ludolf Kuster was a native of Westphalia.[1] He was born in Blomberg in Westphalia in 1670.[2] He was educated in Germany and was a professor in Berlin for a short time, but lived most of his life in Holland.[3]

Kuster was a classical scholar and critic who favored Greek and liked to be known as Neocorus.[4] He worked in Utrecht, Holland from 1967 on the Bibliotheca librorum novorum, which was encouraged by the classical scholar J.G. Graevius.[5] His scholarly circle there grew to include Henry Sike of Bremen, one of the classical scholars for whom he helped maintain scholarly connections between Utrecht and Cambridge.[6] Though Kuster had no university post or fellowship at Cambridge, he had a number of friends there and was closely associated to the university due to his studies.[7] Kuster edited Suidas’s Lexicon and published it in 1705 in Cambridge.[8] By 1699, he “was already considered one of the most eminent Hellenists of his day.”[9]

Kuster liked the working conditions with Jesuits in Paris,[10] converted to Roman Catholicism in 1715,[11] and died in 1716.[12] “He is said to have died of an ailment brought on by sitting constantly doubled up writing at a low table with three or four circles of books around him.”[13]

Kuster wrote this work in Latin on the true use of words by means of active and passive verbs. He cited ancient poets who agreed with his view that Greek vowels in the first syllable were dangerous. The title includes a note that the index is necessary to deal with difficult vowels in the long term.

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References

  1. Alexander Pope, Selected Poems; The Essay on Criticism; The Moral Essays; The Dunciad (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1888) 207.
  2. Leonard Forster, “Henry Sike of Bremen (1669-1712) Regius Professor of Hebrew and Fellow of Trinity” Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 10, no. 3 (Cambridge: Cambridge Bibliographical Society, 1993) 264.
  3. David Murray, “Some Letters of Robert Foulis” The Scottish Historical Review 14, no. 54 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1917) pp. 108.
  4. David Murray, 108.
  5. Leonard Forster, 256-57.
  6. Ibid, 258.
  7. Ibid, 265.
  8. Alexander Pope, 207.
  9. Leonard Forster, 264-5.
  10. Forster, 265.
  11. David Murray, 265.
  12. Alexander Pope, 207.
  13. David Murray, 108