User:Emplexis/Johanna Otho

Johanna Otho, also Johanna Othonia Mayart (* 1549 in Gent; † after 1621 probably in Antwerp) was a Flemish humanist and Neo-Latin poet, who worked in exile in Duisburg, London, Strasbourg, and Antwerp.

Life
Johanna Otho was the daughter of Flemish humanist and teacher Johann Otho (1520-1581). She was born in Ghent in 1549. A highly educated woman, Otho wrote Neo-Latin poems and knew Ancient Greek and Hebrew. "Therefore it does me no damage to have learned Latin words nor to have learnedly opened Greek books."

Final Years
