Jan Maarten Bremer

Bremer was born on 8 October 1932 at Wijk bij Duurstede.^[1][2] He obtained degrees at the University of Nijmegen and the University of Amsterdam, and studied at Jesus College, Cambridge from 1965 to 1967,^[2] where he worked with Denys Page and D. W. Lucas.^[3][4] He obtained his doctorate at Amsterdam in 1969, with a thesis titled "Hamartia: Tragic Error in the Poetics of Aristotle and in Greek Tragedy", written under the supervision of Jan Coenraad Kamerbeek.^[4]

In 1976, Bremer was appointed to the Chair of Ancient Greek at the University of Amsterdam, following the retirement of Kamerbeek.^[4] Bremer's doctoral students at Amsterdam included Irene de Jong.^[5]

His retirement in 1995 was marked by a Festschrift in his honour, titled Schurken en schelmen. Cultuurhistorische verkenningen rond de Middellandse zee ("Rogues and Scoundrels: Cultural-Historical Explorations around the Mediterranean").^[4] In 2006, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[6][7]

He died at Castricum on 3 September 2023.^[1][2]