Brower, Jacques De

Brower, Jacques De a Flemish theologian, was a native of Hoochstraet. He was a Dominican, and taught philosophy and theology at Douay, and was from there sent to establish missions in Denmark. He also inspected those in Holland; and at the time of his death, which occurred at Antwerp, November 4, 1637, he was prior of his convent and definitor of his province. He prepared a corrected edition of the commentaries of Dominique Soto upon the Physique d'Aristote (Douay 1613). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v.