BURMANN, PIETER called by himself "the Younger" (Secundus), Dutch philologist, nephew of Pieter Bur mann (q.v.), was born at Amsterdam on Oct. 13, 1714. In 1735 he was appointed professor of eloquence and his tory at Franeker, and the chair of poetry was combined with the professorship in 1741. In the year 1742 he became professor of history and philology at the Athenaeum in Amsterdam. He was subsequently professor of poetry (1744), general librarian (1752), and inspector of the gymnasium (1753) . He died on June 24, 1778, at Sandhorst, near Amsterdam. He was a man of extensive learn ing. His violent disposition involved him in quarrels with con temporaries, notably Saxe and Klotz. His most valuable works are : Anthologia Veterum Latinorum Epigrammatum et Poematum 0759-73); Aristophanis Comoediae Novem (1760) ; Rhetorica ad Herenniutu (1761) . He completed the editions of Virgil (1746) and Claudian (176o), which had been left unfinished by his uncle, and commenced an edition of Propertius, one of his best works, of which only half was printed at the time of his death. It was com pleted by L. van Santen and published in 1780.