Johann Eusebius Voet

Johannes Voet
(print by Jacob Houbraken)

Johannes Eusebius Voet (24 January 1706 in Dordrecht – 28 September 1778 in The Hague) was a Dutch physician, poet, illustrator, and entomologist.

Entomologist and poet

Voet is the author of Catalogus Systematicus Coleopterorum. He was also a poet. His debut was Stichtelyke gedichten en gezangen (1744), and in 1764 he published a translation of the Psalms. 82 of his translations were included in the official Dutch translation of the Psalms published in 1773.

Johannes Voet was the son of Carel Burchat Voet (1671-1745) who was court-painter to the Earl of Portland and also an entomologist.

Plate from Catalogus Systematicus Coleopterorum


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