BIO

Dissertation: Disquisitio historica de Constantino Magno

Highest degree: phd

Fields of interest:

• literature
• classical language

Biography:
He was "conrector der Latijnsche Scholen" in Harlingen.

Residence

• Harlingen 1827 - 1851

Occupation

• kostschoolhouder 1824 - 1827, Goor
• conrector 1827 - 1830 - Latijnse School Harlingen, Harlingen
• rector 1830 - Latijnse School Harlingen, Harlingen

Education

• student 1823 - Leidsche Hoogeschool

Membership

• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  member 1830~

Provenance

• 'Weytingh, (J.H.A.)', in: Aa, A.J. van der, Biograpisch woordenboek der Nederlanden. Deel 20. (Haarlem 1877) 171.
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1830).

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• theology
• language
• grammar

Biography:
Writer of: Beknopte Nederduitsche Spraakkunst (1793)

Residence

• Groningen 
• Oostwold 

Occupation

• minister in Marsum (1766), Noorddijk (1767), Oostwolde (1772), Leeuwarden (1773), and Groningen (1786) , Groningen
• professor  - Universiteit Groningen, Groningen

Education

• student  - 1756 - Latijnse School Groningen, Groningen
• student 1756 - Universiteit Groningen, Groningen

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent, living in the Netherlands 27-04-1809
• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - Leiden
  Member 1780 - [1788..
• Maatschappij tot Nut van het Algemeen
  member 1793

Provenance

• Bolhuis, L. van, Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1826, p. 21 door C.A. den Tex.

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• archival science
• literature
• language

Biography:
Member of the 'Vlaamse Beweging' (Flemish Movement for the emancipation of Flemish Belgiums).

Residence

• Antwerpen 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent, living abroad 03-08-1820
• Koninklijk Instituut
  Supernumerair Associate 29-12-1841
• Koninklijk Instituut
  Member 26-08-1828
• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - Leiden
  Member 1819

Provenance

• Willems, J.F., Jaarboek 1848, p. 17-18 door J. van Lennep.

Publications

N/A

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Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• language
• natural philosophy
• scientific instruments

Biography:
Philologist, natural philosopher and book collector, who -among others- wrote about geography, literature and optics. He traveled to Italy, France and England (1642). At the request of Queen Christina (1649-1652) he went to Sweden and sold her his father's library. In 1670 Vossius left for England where he became the Canon of Windsor (1673). After his death his library, which was reputed to be the finest private library in the world, was sold to the University of Leyden. Vossius is also known to have made his own microscopes.

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• philologist, physicist, writer and probably instrument maker [1650..]

Education

N/A

Membership

• Royal Society of London
  Fellow 20-04-1664

Provenance

• Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Deel 1, p.1519-2520
• Harting, P. Het mikroskoop : deszelfs gebruik, geschiedenis en tegenwoordige toestand; een handboek voor natuur- en geneeskundigen III (Utrecht 1858).
• Bonanni, Ph. Observationes circa viventia, quae in rebus non viventibus reperiuntur : Cum micrographia curiosa sive rerum minutissimarum observationibus, quae ope microscopii recognitae ad vivum experimutur ... (Roma 1691).
• Velde, A.J.J. van de. Bijdrage tot de bibliographische geschiedenis van het microscoop I (Gent 1927).
• Jorink, E. and D. van Miert. Isaac Vossius (1618-1689), between science and scholarship (Leiden 2012).

Publications

N/A

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Wiki Data: Q3112766
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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• law
• history
• frisian language
• history

Biography:
Secretary of 'Landschaps Oostfriesland'. Wrote a series of books on 'Ost Friesische Geschichte'

Residence

• Aurich 
• Duisburg 1765 - 1768
• Halle an der Saale 

Occupation

• Lawyer 1780, Aurich

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, derde klasse
  Member 04-05-1808
• Groninger Genootschap 'Pro excolendo jure patrio'
  Member 1778

Provenance

• Wiarda, T.D., Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1826, p. 21-22 door C.A. den Tex, Gedenkschriften Klasse III, 1826, p. 45-47 door M. Stuart.

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• history
• greek language

Biography:
Lector of history and Greek language and rector at the 'Latijnse school' in Vlissingen. Cruysselbergen wrote a treatise on the inhabitants of Zeeland until the fifteenth century. In 1771 it was prized by 'Zeeuwsch genootschap der wetenschappen' and published.

Residence

• Vlissingen 

Occupation

• rector  - Latijnse School Vlissingen
• lector of history and Greek language 

Education

• student 15-03-1742, Leiden

Membership

• (Koninklijk) Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
  member 29-10-1771 - 1784

Provenance

• Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Deel 7, p.341-342

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: university

Fields of interest:

• greek language
• latin language
• law
• history

Biography:
Well known humanist and nephew of Bartolomeus Welser of the Welser Compagny. Studied in Rome, scholar in Greek, Latin and law, studied antiquities, German history and philology. Corresponded with famous scholars in Europe, for example Justus Lispius (1591-?) and Carolus Clusius (1598-1608). Member of the Lincean Academy in 1613.

Several publications on antique and German history.

Residence

• Augsburg 

Occupation

• Scholar/Humanist , Augsburg

Education

N/A

Membership

N/A

Provenance

• http:/galileo.rice.edu/sci/welser.html
• J. de Landtsheer, D. Sacré and C. Coppens, 'Justus Lipsius (1547-1606): een geleerde en zijn europese netwerk (20) 415-423' (Leuven 2006) 415-423.

Publications

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Wiki Data: Q91389
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BIO

Dissertation: Égalité' en 'Défense (Nijmegen, 1971)

Highest degree: Prof. mr.

Fields of interest:

• law
• french language

Biography:
N/A

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• Lector Nederlands en vergelijkend staatsrecht 1976 - 1980 - Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• Hoogleraar Nederlands en vergelijkend staatsrecht 1980 - 1981 - Universiteit van Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• Hoogleraar staatsrecht en algemene staatsleer 1981 - 2009 - Universiteit van Nijmegen, Nijmegen

Education

• student law  - 1967 - Universiteit van Nijmegen, Nijmegen

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 17-04-2000 - 2016

Provenance

• Levensberichten en herdenkingen 2016 Amsterdam, 2016, 46-53
• https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantijn_Kortmann
• http://www.ru.nl/rechten/studenten/faculteit/nieuws-agenda/nieuwsberichten/@1025331/memoriam-tijn-kortmann/
• De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Amsterdam, Koninklijke Nederlandse 2008. Kaa, D.J. van de, Roo, Y. de
• http://www.albumacademicum.uva.nl/

Publications

N/A

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Wiki Data: Q2330246
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BIO

Dissertation: Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Javaansche tooneel (Leiden 1897)

Highest degree: doctorate

Fields of interest:

• javanese language
• literature and culture

Biography:
He supported the implementation of the "Hollandsch-Inlandsche School" and the "Algemeene Middelbare School". These new types of school gave Indonesian children more opportunities to follow (academic) education. His comprehension for the Indonesian wishes for more equality eventually meant the end of his colonial career. After several other occupations in the colonial government, he was appointed "regeringscommissaris voor Inlandsche en Arabische Zaken" in Batavia in 1916. Back in the Netherlands, he was appointed professor of Javanese language and literature in 1920.

Residence

• Batavia 1898 - 1915
• Batavia 1916 - 1919

Occupation

• colonial civil servant voor de beoefening van de Indische Talen 1904, Batavia
• teacher Javaans aan de afdeling Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Ned.-Indië, de zg. afdeling B 1898 - Gymnasium Willem III
• advisor for Inlandse en Arabische Zaken 1907, Batavia
• director of the departement van Onderwijs en Eeredienst 1912, Batavia

Education

• student taal-, letter-, land- en volkenkunde van den Oost-Indischen archipel (with Arabic and Sanskrit) and Indonesian languages 1890 - 1897 - Universiteit Leiden

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 06-05-1922
• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent Afdeling Letterkunde 27-04-1906
• Bataviaasch Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - Batavia
  member 1898~

Provenance

• http://www.historici.nl/Onderzoek/Projecten/BWN/lemmata/bwn2/hazue

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: Over pemphigus

Highest degree: doctor

Fields of interest:

• chinese language
• medicine

Biography:
N/A

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• chinese language interpreter 
• arts, gespecialiseerd in huidziekten , Amsterdam

Education

• student  - Hoogere Burgerschool - Delft
• medicine student 1885 - 1891, Amsterdam

Membership

• Nederlands Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres
  member [..1890]

Provenance

• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 4. (Leiden 1918) 1260.

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical literature

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Deventer 

Occupation

• professor of history, rhetorics, and classical Greek 1803 - Athenaeum te Deventer, Deventer

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, derde klasse
  Correspondent, living in the Netherlands 05-07-1809
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  member 1809 - 1815
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  elected 2 dec 1805; Contributing member 24 febr 1806 1805 - 1815

Provenance

• Sluiter, J.O., Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1815, p. 27-28 door C.G.C. Reinwardt.

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: Het derde boek van Plato's Leges. Deel 1, Prolegomena. Amsterdam: Paris, 1943.

Highest degree: Ph.D.

Fields of interest:

• ancient history
• classical languages

Biography:
Aalders was a professor of ancient history at the Free University, Amsterdam.

Residence

• Rotterdam 
• England 1746 - 1746
• Groningen 1943 - 1944
• Dordrecht 1950 - 1956
• Badhoevedorp 1956
• Batavia 1946 - 1950

Occupation

• Teacher at gymnasium 1940 - 1945
• Lector 1953 - 1981 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Education

• student  - 1933 - Christelijk gymnasium
• Klassieke letteren 1933 - 1940 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• classic languages 1933 - 1940 - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 12-05-1972
• Koninklijke Academie van Wetenschappen = Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten - Brussel
  member 

Provenance

• Aalders, G.J.D.H. Wzn., Jaarboek 1988, p. 109-112 door H.W. Pleket.
• Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 2000, p. 87
• DE OUD-GRIEKSE VOORSTELLING VAN DE AFGUNST DER GODHEID Mededelingen Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, deel 38, nummer 2 (1975), 45-65
• Plutarch's Political Thought Verhandelingen Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, deel 116 (1982), 1-67
• HISTORISCHE PERIODISERING IN DE OUDHEID Mededelingen Letterkunde, Nieuwe Reeks, deel 49, nummer 6 (1986), 183-205
• http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/_jaa003200001_01/_jaa003200001_01_0004.php

Publications

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: mr.

Fields of interest:

• law
• classical literature
• poetry

Biography:
Lennep, David Jacob van was Member of Literair Genootschap 'Kunst wordt door arbeid verkregen' from 27-11-1793.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1798~ - 1824~
• Leiden 

Occupation

• Professor classical languages  - Athenaeum Illustre te Amsterdam

Education

• student of law 

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, tweede klasse
  member / (resigned) 08-03-1812 - 26-10-1851
• Koninklijk Instituut, tweede klasse
  member / (resigned) 12-05-1808 - 1809
• (Koninklijk) Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
  member 04-11-1801 - 1853
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  member 1802
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  elected 7 dec 1807; Corresponding member bij missive van 30 dec 1807 1807
• Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Concordia et Libertate’ - Amsterdam
  member 1798~
• Vaderlandsch fonds ter Aanmoediging van 's Lands Zeedienst
  commissaris and honorair commissaris (1829) 1814 - 1853
• Vrijdagsch Gezelschap genaamd ‘Libertate et Concordia’ - Amsterdam
  member 1811~
• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  extraordinary honorary member 1824~

Provenance

• “Naamlijst”, in: Feestviering ter vijftigste verjaaring van het genootschap onder de zinspreuk: Concordia et Libertate (Amsterdam 1798).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 1. (Leiden 1911) 1265.
• "Naamlijst der commissarissen van het Vaderlandsch Fonds ter aanmoediging van 's Lands zeedienst", in: G.M.W. Acda, Ph.M. Bosscher, N.D.B. Habermehl, H.E. Kuipers en G.J.A. Raven, Tot een rechtschapen en kloke zeeman toe te rusten (1785-1985). Tweehonderd jaar kweekschool voor de zeevaart en hogere zeevaartschool Amsterdam (Zutphen 1985) 211.
• “Naamlijst der leden van het Vrijdag’s Gezelschap”, in: Naamlijst der leden van het Vrijdag's Gezelschap, opgerigt te Amsterdam den 17 december van het jaar 1734, onder de zinspreuk: Libertate et Concordia, en eenige gedichten daartoe betrekkelyk (Amsterdam 1812).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1824).

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical archeology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Bryn Mawr 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent Afdeling Letterkunde 28-04-1961

Provenance

• Ledenlijst in: De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Kaa, D.J. vam de, Roo, Y. de. KNAW Press (2008)

Publications

• Rivers in Anatolian Art? Year: . Pages: 22. (PDF format)
  

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Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical languages

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 27-04-1925

Provenance

• Ledenlijst in: De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Kaa, D.J. vam de, Roo, Y. de. KNAW Press (2008)

Publications

N/A

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Wiki Data: Q2607143
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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical languages
• greek

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Huis ter Heide 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 28-04-1920

Provenance

• Vollgraff, C.W., Jaarboek 1967/68, p. 346-354 door J.C. Kamerbeek.

Publications

• De moles van Drusus Year: . Pages: 4. (PDF format)
  

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical languages
• sanskrit

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Rotterdam 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 25-04-1900

Provenance

• Warren, S.J., Jaarboek 1910, p. 93-115 door J.S. Speyer.
• "Dr. S.J. Warren. †". "Leeuwarder courant". Leeuwarden, 04-01-1910. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 13-09-2017, http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010598719:mpeg21:a0023
• "Algemeen Handelsblad". Amsterdam, 10-10-1910, p. 1. Geraadpleegd op Delpher op 13-09-2017, http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:010337630:mpeg21:p006

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical languages
• archeology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Franeker 

Occupation

• teacher 10-03-1768, Deventer
• professor 08-01-1771 - Universiteit Franeker, Franeker

Education

• student 1756 - Latijnse School Leeuwarden
• student 1761 - Universiteit Franeker
• student 10-09-1767 - Universiteit Leiden, Leiden

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, derde klasse
  Member 18-07-1808
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  Ordinary member 5 dec 1777; Corresponding member 29-12-1777 05-12-1777
• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - Leiden
  member 1781 - 1788

Provenance

• Wassenbergh, E., Gedenkschriften Klasse III, 1833, p. 78-79 door C.A. den Tex; Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1827, p. 9-18 door J.F. Serrurier.

Publications

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Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• classical philology

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent, living in the Netherlands / (resigned) 04-04-1850 - 26-10-1851

Provenance

• Ledenlijst in: De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Kaa, D.J. vam de, Roo, Y. de. KNAW Press (2008)
• http://www.nederlandsepoezie.org/dichters/h/hecker.html
• https://hoogleraren.ub.rug.nl/hoogleraren/61-hecker-willem-augustus

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• history
• science
• classical languages
• mathematics
• metaphysics
• philosophy
• politics
• architecture
• theology

Biography:
Thomas Jefferson was born in april 1843 in a wealthy, prominent planter family in Shadwell, Virginia. At age 16, Jefferson entered the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, and first met the law professor George Wythe, who became his influential mentor. For two years he studied mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy under Professor William Small, who introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of the British Empiricists, including John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Isaac Newton. A diligent student, Jefferson displayed an avid curiosity in all fields and graduated in 1762 with highest honors. Throughout his life, science and books would play a pivotal role in his life. Through the years Jefferson collected and accumulated thousands of books for his library at Monticello, Virginia. Jefferson was also an accomplished architect who helped popularize the Neo-Palladian style in the United States. He personally designed his own home, Monticello and the campus of the University of Virginia. Jefferson invented many small practical devices and improved contemporary inventions. Although his interested varied widely, he started his career as a lawyer. In 1769 he first entered politics as a representative of Albemarle Country. In 1774 he first offered the then radical notion that the colonists had the natural right to govern themselves. After the American Revolutionary War broke out Jefferson served as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. When Congress began considering a resolution of independence Jefferson wrote a draft version. The Declaration would eventually become Jefferson's major claim to fame, and his eloquent preamble became an enduring statement of human rights. In September 1776, Jefferson returned to Virginia. During his term in the Virginia House of Delegates, Jefferson set out to reform and update Virginia's system of laws to reflect its new status as a democratic state. He drafted 126 bills in three years, including laws to abolish primogeniture, establish freedom of religion, and streamline the judicial system. With the Revolutionary War at full force, Jefferson became Governor of Virginia. During the war, he was almost encaptured by the British, yet managed to publish an extensive work on the state of Virginia. When the colonies had won their independence and became the United States of America, Jefferson was elected to Congress and in 1785 he became Minister to France and upon his return to the United States in 1789 Secretary of State. In this position he often argued with Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson sided with the French revolutionaries as he believed that to back away from them would undermine the cause of republicanism in America. As the Democratic-Republican candidate in 1796 he lost to John Adams, but had enough electoral votes to become Vice President. In 1801, he won the presidency. Jefferson's presidency is remembered for three major achievements. First came the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France in 1803, which doubled the size of the United States. A second accomplishment was the defeat of Mediterranean Sea pirates in the First Barbary War. The third occurred during Jefferson's second term, when he proposed legislation outlawing the importation of African slaves. After leaving the Presidency, Jefferson continued to be active in public affairs. In 1819 he founded the University of Virginia. The university had no campus chapel as Jefferson believed the university should be free from religion. Thus, the university was centered around a library. Regadering slavery, he opposed slavery as an institution and said he wanted it to end, but he depended on enslaved labor to support his household and plantations. Jefferson's views of race did not differ much from many of his age. He believed blacks were inferior to whites in reasoning, mathematical comprehension, and imagination.
3rd President of the United States, 2nd Vice President of the United States, 1st United States Secretary of State, United States Ambassador to France, principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Credited with the phrase separation of church and state.

Residence

• Monticello (VA) 

Occupation

• Statesman 

Education

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Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, eerste klasse
  Associated Member 25-02-1809

Provenance

• Ledenlijst in: De leden van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Een demografisch perspectief: 1808 tot 2008. Kaa, D.J. vam de, Roo, Y. de. KNAW Press (2008)

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