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Jeronimo de Bosch was born 23 March 1740 at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], and died there 1 June 1811. He was an apothecary until 1773 and then became highest official in the Amsterdam secretariat. He was a Latin poet and highly regarded for his scholarship as well as his gentle and noble character. A poem of his on [[Napoleon I, Emperor of France (1769-1821)|Napoleon Bonaparte]] was translated into Dutch, French, and German. The following works were published by him: <em>Over den Staat der Zielen na den dood des lichaams</em> (1784); <em>De inhoud van den Ilias van Homerus</em> (1804, translated into German); <em>Lofrede op H. G. Oosterdijk</em> (Amsterdam, 1795); and <em>Lofrede op J. R. Deiman</em>.
= Bibliography =
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Kalff, Gerrit. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche letterkunde</em>. Groningen: Wolters, 1906-1912: VI, 4, 156 ff, 319-321, 585-587.

Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, </em>10 vols<em>.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV, 235-239. Available online at <span class="link-external">[http://www.dbnl.org/titels/titel.php http://www.dbnl.org/titels/titel.php?id=molh003nieu00]</span>.
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