, mentioned above as one of the tutors to John James Wetstein, was born
, mentioned above as one of
the tutors to John James Wetstein, was born September
1, 1647, at Basil, and was grandson of John Rodolphus
Wetstein, burgomaster of that city, a man of great merit,
who rendered important services to his country at the peace
of Munster, in the Imperial court, and in his native place.
John Rodolphus, the subject of this article, succeeded his
father as professor of Greek, and afterwards of divinity,
and died at Basil April 21, 1711, leaving two sons, one
of whom, Rodolphus, was professor of divinity at Basil,
and the other, John Henry, a bookseller at Amsterdam.
He had published, in 1673, with notes, Origen’s “Dialogue against the Marcionites,
” with the “Exhortation to
Martyrdom,
” and the letter to Africanus concerning the
“History of-Susanna,
” which he first took from the Greek
Mss. We have several other valuable discourses or dissertations of his. Henry Wetstein, one of his brothers,
also well acquainted with Greek and Latin, settled in Holland, where he followed the business of a bookseller, became a celebrated printer, and died April 4, 1726. His
descendants long remained in Holland.