Willem Canter

Willem Canter was a translator, hellenist, writer and philologist (1542–1575). He was born at Leeuwarden and died at Leuven.

Willem Canter in brief

Born
1542
Died
1575
Known for
translator, hellenist, writer and philologist
Place of birth
Leeuwarden
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Formation and teaching

Willem Canter studied at Old University of Leuven and University of Paris. He trained under Macropedius, Jean Daurat and Joseph Justus Scaliger.

Catalogued works

20 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1564 to 1703.

Sophokleous tragōdiai hepta. I. Dovsae filii Rervm caelestium liber primvs ; In laudem vmbrae declamatio et carmen ; vnà cum aliquot poematiis ... Quibus additae sunt Orationes fvnebres in obitus aliquot animalium. Synesiou Hyper tou dōrou, pros Paionion ... Progenies deorum et dearum, hominimqz. Aristotelis ... Pepli fragmentvm. Ethicorum Nicomachiorum libri decem. Aisxhyloy Tragōdi F. Lykophronos tou Chalkideōs Alexandra. Isokratous logoi kai epistolai. Cassandra. Hellanici Lesbii fragmenta. Gvlielmi Canteri Vltraiectini Novarvm lectionvm libri octo. Gulielmi Canteri vltraiectini novarum lectionum libri octo. Gulielmi Canteri Vltraiectini Nouarum lectionum libri quatuor. In quibus, praeter variorum autorum, tam Graecorum quam Latinorum, explicationes et emendationes: Athenaei, Gellij, et aliorum fragmenta quaedam nunc primum in lucem proferuntur, dated 1564, held by Wellcome Collection. Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra / Cum eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis commentariis ex fide manuscripti emendatioribus factis. Adiuncta est interpretatio versuum latina, ad verbum, per Gulielmvm Cantervm. Additae sunt et eiusdem G. Canteri annotationes, nec non epitome Cassandrae graecolatina, carmine Anacreontio., dated 1601, held by Wellcome Collection. The lands under-mentioned in the several counties following will be exposed to sale at Chichester-House, Dublin, on Tuesday the first day of June 1703. By cant to the best bidder, dated 1703, held by Wellcome Collection. Forfeitures under-mentioned in the county Meath, &c. will be exposed to sale at Chichester-House, Dublin, on Thursday the 3d day of June 1703. By Cant to the best bidder, dated 1703, held by Wellcome Collection. The forfeitures under-mentioned in the county of Dublin, will be expos'd to sale at Chichester-House, Dublin, on Thursday the 18th of March, 1702. By cant to the best bidder, dated 1702, held by Wellcome Collection. The forfeitures under-mentioned in the county of Dublin, will be expos'd to sale at Chichester-House, Dublin, on Tuesday the 16th of March, 1702. By cant to the best bidder, dated 1702, held by Wellcome Collection. The forfeitures under-mentioned in the county of Meath, will be expos'd to sale at Chichester-House, Dublin, on Thursday the 1st Day of April, 1703. By cant to the best bidder, dated 1703, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 97 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Canter, Willem, Der Neue Pauly Supplemente I Online - Band 6: Geschichte der Altertumswissenschaften: Biographisches Lexikon. Canter, Willem, Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary. Canter, Frans, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Canter, James, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Tradició textual i edició de l’Encomi d’Helena gorgià traduït per Vicent Mariner d’Alagó (1639) / Textual Tradition and Edition of Gorgias's Encomium of Helen Translated by Vicent Mariner d'Alagó (1639), Translat Library, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Hellanici Lesbii fragmenta: E variis scriptoribus collegit, emendavit, illustravit ... (1826) — Internet Archive. Gulielmi Canteri Vltraiectini Nouarum lectionum libri octo. Editio tertia, recens aucta. Eiusdem De ratione emendandi graeco auctores syntagma, recens item auctum (1571) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1542Willem Canter born at Leeuwarden.
  2. 1571Gulielmi Canteri Vltraiectini Nouarum lectionum libri octo. Editio tertia, recens aucta. Eiusdem De ratione emendandi graeco auctores syntagma, recens item auctum digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1575Willem Canter died at Leuven.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Canter, Frans, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Canter, James, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Canter, Willem, Brill’s New Pauly Supplements I - Volume 6 : History of classical Scholarship - A Biographical Dictionary

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Canter, Willem, Der Neue Pauly Supplemente I Online - Band 6: Geschichte der Altertumswissenschaften: Biographisches Lexikon

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Willem Canter (Internet Archive), 11 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Willem Canter.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Internet Archive, 2 digitised items catalogued under Willem Canter as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 97 works naming Willem Canter.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3568335: Willem Canter

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  10. 10.

    “Willem Canter”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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