# Antonius Thysius the Elder

> Dutch theologian

**Wikidata**: [Q606748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606748)  
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## Summary

Antonius Thysius the Elder was a Dutch theologian, university teacher, philologist, and secondary school teacher born on August 9, 1565, in Antwerp [1][2][3][4][2][4][5][6]. He held citizenship in the Dutch Republic and followed Protestantism . He studied at Leiden University and later worked at the University of Harderwijk and Leiden University from 1619 until his death on November 7, 1640, in Leiden [7][5][2][1][3][5][6][4]. His academic fields were theology and philology [6]. He served as rector magnificus of Leiden University and was the father of Antonius Thysius the Younger [4].


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