Thucydides editionis bipontinae illustratus ac emendatus a Jo. Hyac. Kistemaker philologiae professore, ac litterariae societatis teutonicae, quae manhemii est, sodali. Pars prima complectens quatuor libros priores

Johann Hyacinth Kistemaker (1754-1834), theologian, philologist, and educator. Kistemaker studied at the University of Münster, focusing on theology and philology. He was ordained priest in December 1777 and began teaching at Gymnasium Paulinum in 1778. In 1786 he was appointed Professor of Ancient Languages at Münster University and became the school's rector from 1794 to 1816, concurrently serving as librarian of the Paulinian Library. He was also a member of the Consistory of Westphalia (1816-1818) and joined Münster Cathedral's Domkapitel in 1823. Decorated with a Prussian Red Eagle in 1829, he continued teaching until serious illness forced his retirement. Kistemaker authored several textbooks in Latin, Greek, and German for gymnasium students. His biblical translation and commentary – Die heiligen Schriften des Neuen Testaments (1818-1823) – was translated independently into German in 1825, widely circulating among German Catholics. DB