BROEKHUIZEN, JAN VAN (JANUS BR0UKHUsIUS), (1649-1707), Dutch classical scholar and poet, was born at Amsterdam. He entered the army, and in 1674 was sent with his regiment to America, in the fleet under Admiral de Ruyter, but returned to Holland the same year. In 1678 he was sent to the garrison at Utrecht, where he became the friend of Graevius. Later he became a captain of one of the companies then at Amsterdam. After the Peace of Ryswick, 1697, his company was disbanded and he retired on a pension.
His Dutch poems, in which he followed the model of Pieter Hooft, were first published in 1677 ; a later edition, with a biography by D. van Hoogstraten, appeared in 1712 ; the last edition, 1883, was edited by R. A. Kollewijn. His classical reputation rests on his editions of Propertius (1702) and Tibullus (17o7). His Latin poems (Carmina) appeared in 1684 ; a later edition (Poemata) by D. van Hoogstraten appeared in 1711. The Select Letters (.lani Browkhusii Epistolae Selectae, 1889 and 1893) were edited by J. A. Worp, who also wrote his biography (1891) .