BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: mr.

Fields of interest:

• law
• politics

Biography:
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Residence

N/A

Occupation

• director at Koninklijke Staatsloterij 1816 - 1824

Education

• law student  - 1776 - Hogeschool Leiden

Membership

• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  member 1804 - 1810
• Vergadering van Notabelen
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814
• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  member 1818 - 1824~

Provenance

• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1809).
• http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09llvc3pqw (20-05-14).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1824).

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: mr.

Fields of interest:

• law
• politics

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Den Haag 
• Harderwijk 

Occupation

• lawyer 1784, Den Haag
• councillor, alderman and mayor (1822-1824) 1811 - 1826, Den Haag

Education

• law student  - 1784 - Hogeschool Harderwijk

Membership

• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  member 1809 - 1814~
• Vergadering van Notabelen
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814

Provenance

• http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09llwhpdze (22-05-14).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1809).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1814).

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BIO

Dissertation: Quousque motus fluidorum et caeterae quaedam animalium et plantarum functiones consentiunt

Highest degree: med. doctor

Fields of interest:

• chemistry
• physics
• botany
• medicine
• scientific instruments

Biography:
Martinus van Marum was the son of Petrus van Marum and Cornelia van Oudheusden. The van Marum family stemmed from Groningen and belonged to the Reformed church. His father was land surveyor and agricultural specialist. From 1744 to 1764 he owned a delftware factory art Delft where he worked as master potter. Van Marum attended the primary school and Latin school at Delft. After the return of the family to Groningen, in 1664, he matriculated at Groningen university to study philosophy and medicine.
Among his teachers there were Petrus Camper (medicine and botany), Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (physics), Wouter van Doeveren (medicine, chemistry, and mineralogy), and Antonius Brugmans (philosophy, physics, and mathematics). Especially Camper was very influential, his views on botany aroused in van Marum a life-long interest in plants, and friendship with Camper until the latter's death in 1794. Contrary to the then common taxonomical studies, Camper advocated the study of the anatomy and physiology of the plant. In 1773 van Marum obtained the doctor's degree in philosophy on a highly praised thesis about the sap streams in plants. Later that year he graduated in medicine on a thesis in which he compared the physiology of sap streams in plants and animals.
Aspiring to a job as professor in botany van Marum was very disappointed when he was not elected to succeed Camper. He immediately turned his interests to the field of electricity. In 1776 he published a report on the technical improvements he introduced to the electrical machine. In the same year he went to Haarlem where he set up as a general practitioner (until 1780). The city of Haarlem appointed him as municipal lecturer in philosophy and medicine in 1776. Van Marum took this matter seriously: until 1780 he gave 52 public lectures on physical topics. In the context of Teyler's Foundation (see later) he would give another 163 lectures (until 1803). Until 1797 his subjects were mainly of a physico-chemical and technical nature, later he treated geological, mineralogical, and palaeontological issues.
In 1781 van Marum married the extremely wealthy printer's daughter Joanna Bosch (1739-1821), which made his possible for him to devote his life fully to the propagation and popularization of science. Thanks to his continuous and efficient activities, van Marum was able to make Haarlem a very important centre of Dutch science at the end of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. Van Marum used two institutions to reach his goals: the Dutch Society of Sciences (Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, founded in 1752), and Teyler's Foundation (founded in 1778 by the wealthy menist merchant Pieter Teyler van der Hulst).
Van Marum was appointed director of the Cabinet of Curiosities of the Dutch Society in 1777, he became its perpetual secretary in 1794. In 1784 he was appointed director of Teyler's Cabinet of Physical and Natural Curiosities and Library. All these functions he combined until his death. The personal and institutional wealth of both van Marum and the institutions made it him possible to expand the collections and libraries to a scale that made them famous all over Europe. From 1782 to 1802 he made a number of journeys abroad that brought him much fossil material and minerals. His most famous acquisitions were J.J. Scheuchzer's 'homo diluvii testis', actually a fossil salamander, the fossil Mosasaurus camperi, and Beringer's Lügensteine.
Apart from these activities van Marum was involved in scientific research too. His scientific ideas rested on two pillars: physico-theology, and utility. During the first half of his scientific life physico-theological interests prevailed, especially in his chemical research, his later works were mainly motiviated by utilitarian goals. In the Verhandelingen of Teyler's Foundation Van Marum published the results of many electrical and chemical experiments he had carried out with the largest electrical machine of the time. This spectacular machine was installed in 1784 in Teyler's Museum by its maker, the British instrument maker John Cuthbertson. It had two large, round glass plates each 1.65 metres in diameter. With this electrical machine he tried to discover the relationship between electricity and magnetism. Van Marum was a life long supporter of Benjamin Franklin's one fluid theory of electricity. The new Voltaic pile was quickly adopted by Van Marum, who named it after its Italian inventor.
His most important experiments, however, lay in the field of chemistry. In 1785 was the first to recognize a peculiar odour of electricity, which we now call ozone. Together with Adriaan Paets van Troostwijk he did experiments in the winters of 1785-1786 and 1786-1787 which were concentrated on the new combustion theory of the French chemist Antoine Laurent Lavoisier. These convinced him of the correctness of the new chemisty, and he became a staunch advocate of the Frenchman's ideas. In 1787 he published a summary of this oxidation theory, even before Lavoisier did so himself. With his newly developed gazometer he discovered carbon monoxide.
From 1802 onwards Van Marum's attention shifted to botany, concentrating on South African plants. For the prince of Salm-Dyck he compiled a systematic catalogue of his aloe collection, which reflected his renewed interest in plant systematics and taxonomy. However, his interest in the relation between electricity and magnetism caused him to repeat Oersted's famous experiments in 1822.
Van Marum was always interested in the practical and organisational aspects of science. He issued many competitions to write essays on scientific topics and took care of the publication of the prize-winning ones. During the French reign, king Louis Napoleon asked him, among others, to draft a constitution for a new national scientific institution, the Royal Institute of Science, Literature, and Arts (Koninklijk Instituut van Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schoone Kunsten), which was established in 1808. Until 1836 Van Marum was one of the most active members of this scientific institution. In 1814, the new king of the Netherlands, William I, appointed Van Marum to a commission for the restructuring of higher education, and in 1821 to a commission charged with the exploration of the possibilities of active control of the Dutch rivers.
As a physician Van Marum was a typical representative of the 'Aufklärungsarzt' (Enlightenment physician), who strived to make science and medicine subservient to the interests of society at large. In Van Marum's case this attitude was also stimulated by his belief in a practical form of christianity. Examples are his propagation of the use of pure oxygen to revive drowned persons, the use of steam baths for cholera patients, artificial ventilation in houses, factories and aboard ships, and the improvement of the digestor, originally invented by Denis Papin, to provide the poor with nutritive soups.
Van Marum maintained a large network of scientific contacts and correspondents throughout his life. He was a (corresponding) member of no less than 37 scientific societies in Europe and the United States. Van Marum died on 26 December 1837, honoured by Dutch and French societies, and leaving as his heir a natural son born in 1829.

Designed an electrostatic generator, with the help of Gerhard Kuyper from Groningen. Participated in development of the largest electrical machine of his time, designed by John Cuthberson.

Residence

• Haarlem 

Occupation

• Physician 1776 - 1780, Haarlem
• Director Physisch kabinet and library 1784 - Teylers Museum

Education

• Student of Medicine and Philosophy 31-12-1764 - 20-08-1773 - Universiteit Groningen, Groningen

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, eerste klasse
  Member 04-05-1808
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  Ordinary member 5 dec 1776; Corresponding member 25 dec 1776 05-12-1776 - 1837
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Member, and since 1794 secretary 1776 - 1837
• Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte - Rotterdam
  Member 1784 - 1837
• (Koninklijk) Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
  Member 27-08-1782 - 26-12-1837
• Royal Society of London
  Member 19-04-1798
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement Zuiderzee
  Member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814
• Teylers StichtingHaarlem
  Director 
• Académie des SciencesParis
  Corresponding Member 1783
• Vrijdagsch Gezelschap genaamd ‘Libertate et Concordia’ - Amsterdam
  member 1813~

Provenance

• Marum, M. van, Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1838, p. 11-12 door H.H. Klijn; Verslagen Instituut Klasse I, 1839, p. 5-7 door W.S. Swart.
• “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).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en Fr.K.H. Kossmann (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 10. (Leiden 1937) 588.

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• mathematics

Biography:
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Residence

• Haarlem 1788~ - 1809~

Occupation

• mayor 1816 - 1824, Haarlem
• wethouder 1824 - 26-01-1847, Haarlem

Education

• student Roman and contemporary law  - 28-09-1784 - Hogeschool Leiden, Leiden

Membership

• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  bestuurder en honorair lid 1788~ - 1809~
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement ZuiderzeeAmsterdam
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814

Provenance

• “Naamlijst der heeren leden des genootschaps”, in: Wiskunstige verlustiging (Amsterdam 1793).
• “Naamlijst der heeren leden des genootschaps”, in: Kunst-oefeningen over verscheide nuttige onderwerpen (Amsterdam 1788).
• “Naamlijst der leden des genootschaps”, in: Wiskunstig mengelwerk (Amsterdam 1802).
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Wiskunstige oefeningen (Amsterdam 1809).
• “Naamlijst der leden des genootschaps”, in: Wiskunstig mengelwerk (Amsterdam 1798).
• http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09llx426sp

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• politics

Biography:
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Residence

N/A

Occupation

• member 1814 - 1831 - Nationale Rekenkamer
• schepen 1774 - 1779, Brielle
• secretary 1779 - 1795 - Provinciale Rekenkamer van Holland

Education

• law student  - 1803 - Hogeschool Leiden

Membership

• Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte - Rotterdam
  Maecenas 1769 - 1788
• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  member and member of the board (1799) 1793 - 1824~
• Commissie voor de Landbouw
  president voor het zuidelijke deel van de provincie Holland 
• Vergadering van Notabelen
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814

Provenance

• Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke natuurkunde (Den Haag 1795).
• Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke wysbegeerte (Den Haag 1800).
• Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke wysbegeerte (Den Haag 1803).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1809).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1814).
• Naamlijst der leden van de Maatschappij voor natuur- en letterkunde (Den Haag 1824).
• http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09llyrxpzk (26-05-14).

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BIO

Dissertation: De summo imperio, sociis Trajectinis inter se non communi, sed cuique in sua provincia competente (1782)

Highest degree: doctorate

Fields of interest:

• law

Biography:
He was a "regent" who had a lot of administrative functions both on municipal level and national. Next to that, he had a lot of secondary positions in de "schutterijen" and in learned societies.

Because of his refusal in 1799 to take a seat in the "vertegenwoordigend lichaam" en after rejection of his reasons, the right to vote was taken away of him.

Residence

• Amsterdam 
• Haarlem 

Occupation

• member  - provisional council Amsterdam
• member 1814 - 1822 - Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
• member 1825 - 1837 - Eerste Kamer der Staten Generaal
• schout 1782 - 1790, Bloemendaal
• gedeputeerde ter Staten-Generaal 1795 - 1796
• directeur-generaal der publieke schuld 1808
• kanselier in het kabinet van koning Lodewijk Napoleon 1808 - 1810
• minister of Foreign Affairs 1810
• president 1817 - 1818 - Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
• member and president (1796) 1796 - 1797 - Eerste Nationale Vergadering
• member in buitengewone dienst 1822 - 1837 - Raad van State

Education

N/A

Membership

• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Director 1817 - 1837
• Bataviaasch Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - Batavia
  honorary member 1825
• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - Leiden
  member 1828
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement Zuiderzee
  member 1814
• Syndicaat van Holland
  member 1822~

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• agricultural science
• politics

Biography:
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Residence

• Amsterdam 1798~

Occupation

• merchant 
• bewindhebber 1787 - Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie
• alderman 1804 - 1805, Amsterdam
• adjunct-maire 1811 - 1813, Amsterdam

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, tweede klasse
  Member 18-07-1808
• Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Concordia et Libertate’ - Amsterdam
  member 1773~ - 1798~
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  director 1804
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement Zuiderzee
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814
• Provinciale Staten van Holland
  member 19-09-1814 - 16-05-1818
• Vroedschap van Amsterdam
  member 12-03-1803 - 28-10-1810

Provenance

• “Naamlijst”, in: Redenvoering en feestzang ter gelegenheid der vijf-en-twintigste verjaaring van de oprichting des genootschaps onder de zinspreuk: Concordia et Libertate (Amsterdam 1773).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 8. (Leiden 1930) 521.
• “Naamlijst”, in: Feestviering ter vijftigste verjaaring van het genootschap onder de zinspreuk: Concordia et Libertate (Amsterdam 1798).
• https://hart.amsterdam/nl/page/2703

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Biography:
"Oud Onderkoopman" (1793), also " kapitein der infanterie", "Raad in de Vroedschap van Breda", "Schepen van Breda".

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• Oud Onderkoopman 1793~, Batavia
• Kapitein der Infanterie 
• Raad in de vroedschap van Breda, Schepen van Breda , Breda

Education

N/A

Membership

• Bataviaasch Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - Batavia
  member 1793~ - 1802
• Vergadering van Notabelen, departement Monden van de Rijn
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814

Provenance

• Verhandelingen van het Bataviasch Genootschap (1794), 4 and 9.
• Parlementair Documentatie Centrum [Universiteit Leiden], Link: http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09lltws4yc (last checked: 21-02-2017)

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Highest degree: mr.

Fields of interest:

• law

Biography:
He was mayor of Amsterdam between 1808 and 1811.

Residence

• Paris 1811~ - 1813~
• Amsterdam 
• Leiden 1774 - 1779

Occupation

• commissaris en bewindhebber 1785 - 1795 - West-Indische Compagnie
• directeur van Suriname 1785 - 1795
• lid der vroedschap en schout 27-10-1787 - 1795, Amsterdam
• mayor 1808 - 1811, Amsterdam
• senator van het Keizerrijk 30-12-1810 - 1813~, Paris

Education

• law student 01-10-1774 - 19-06-1779, Leiden

Membership

• Wetgevend Lichaam van het Bataafse Gemenebest, departement Holland
  member 25-09-1806 - 12-01-1808
• Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Concordia et Libertate’ - Amsterdam
  member 1798~

Provenance

• “Naamlijst”, in: Feestviering ter vijftigste verjaaring van het genootschap onder de zinspreuk: Concordia et Libertate (Amsterdam 1798).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en Fr.K.H. Kossmann (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 10. (Leiden 1937) 744.

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Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• law
• history
• politics

Biography:
Albert Johan de Sitter, born from a regent family, began his study of law in 1763. He continued his studies in Leiden. Afterwards he was appointed as counselor of Groningen, but he lost his office in 1787 because of his Patriotic views. Until 1795 he remained without office. In this year he became a member of 'Comité tot de Algemene Zaken van het Bondgenootschap te Lande'. The subsequent years he was a member of the 'Eerste Nationale Vergadering', 'Tweede Nationale Vergadering' and the 'Constitutiecommissie van 1797'. Also, "Drost' of the Oldambt

Residence

• Groningen 
• Leiden 

Occupation

• member 04-03-1795 - 07-03-1795 - Comité tot de Algemene Zaken van het Bondgenootschap te Lande, Groningen
• counselor , Groningen
• Representative 19-03-1795 - 01-03-1796 - Staten-Generaal
• Drost in Oldambt 1782~

Education

N/A

Membership

• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - Leiden
  Member 1781 - [1788..
• Genootschap ‘Pro Excolendo Jure Patrio’ - Groningen
  member 
• Eerste Nationale Vergadering
  member 01-03-1796 - 31-08-1797
• Tweede Nationale Vergadering
  member 01-09-1797 - 22-01-1798
• Constitutiecommissie
  member 15-09-1797 - 22-01-1798
• Natuur- en Geneeskundige Correspondentie Societeit in de Vereenigde Nederlanden - ’s HageGroningen
  contributing member 1782

Provenance

• Voorloopig register van charters, privilegiën, placaaten, ordonnantiën ... Stad en Lande betreffende, en kunnende dienen tot het opmaaken van derzelver groot placaat en charter-boek : loopende tot aan de reductie, of het jaar 1594 (Groningen 1789).
• Sitter, A.J. de en T. Modderman, Hedendaegsche historie, of tegenwoordige staet van alle volkeren ... Tegenwoordige staat der Vereenigde Nederlanden; twintigste deel (Amsterdam e.a. 1793) en eenentwintigste deel (Amsterdam e.a.1794).
• 'Naamlijst der H.H. Leden van de Algemeene Natuur en Geneeskundige Correspondentie-Societeit', in: Verhandelingen van de Natuur- en Geneeskundige Correspondentie-Societeit ('s Gravenhage 1783).

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Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• mathematics
• politics

Biography:
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Residence

• Hoorn 1798~ - 1846~

Occupation

• merchant , Hoorn

Education

N/A

Membership

• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  member and buitengewoon lid van verdienste 1788 - 1846~
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement Zuiderzee
  member 29-03-1814 - 30-03-1814
• Departement van Texel
  member of the board 20-12-1798 - 04-06-1802
• Provisionele Representanten van het Volk van Holland
  member 18-05-1795
• Provinciaal comité van Holland
  member 01-04-1796 - 28-03-1797

Provenance

• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Wiskunstige oefeningen (Amsterdam 1809).
• “Naamlijst der leden des genootschaps”, in: Wiskunstig mengelwerk (Amsterdam 1798).
• http://www.parlementairdocumentatiecentrum.nl/id/vg09llv6nrd5
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1830).
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van nieuwe wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1841).
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van nieuwe wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1846).

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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.

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Fields of interest:

• art

Biography:
Flemish sculptor and architect. Worked for King William I for a while. Designer of the Vismarkt in Bruges, a building in neoclassical style.

Residence

• Brugge 

Occupation

• sculptor 

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent, living abroad 30-12-1823
• Academie voor Schone Kunsten Brugge
  Director 

Provenance

• Calloigne, J., Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1850, p. 21 door H.H. Klijn.

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Fields of interest:

• politics
• governance
• nobility

Biography:
Son of Hans Willem Bentinck and Jane Marthe Temple. He was sent to Holland in 1719 where Johan Hendrik, Count of Wassenaer acted as his guardian. He studied in Leiden and The Hague and travelled in Europe in 1725-1728. Bentinck was included in the 'Hollandsche Ridderschap' in 1727 and because of this, he became a representative of the States of Holland and West-Friesland. In 1733 he married Charlotte Sophia van Aldenburg, countess of the Holy Roman Empire, who left him in 1738 and who he divorced in 1743. He became a curator of the Leidsche Hoogeschool in 1745 and was 'dijkgraaf' of Rijnland since 1748.

Bentinck was a supporter of the Stadtholder and the house of Orange-Nassau and had a large share in the revolution of 1747 and its subsequent events. In 1753 he became member and chair of 'Gecommitteerde raden van het Zuiderkwartier'.

Bentinck was a supporter of the Stadtholder and the house of Orange-Nassau and had a large share in the revolution of 1747 and its subsequent events.

Residence

• Den Haag 1719 - 1774

Occupation

• ordinaris gedeputeerde on behalf of (Ridderschap) Holland 11-01-1737 - 06-12-1753 - Staten-Generaal der Verenigde Nederlandse Provinciën

Education

N/A

Membership

• Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte - Rotterdam
  Honorair 1770
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Director 1753
• Ridderschap Holland
  member 1727 - 1774
• Gecommitteerde Raden van Holland in het Zuiderkwartier
  member 07-12-1753 - 13-10-1774

Provenance

• http://www.historici.nl/retroboeken/vdaa/#source=aa__001biog02_01.xml&page=339&size=800&accessor=accessor_index
• Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW), Deel 1, p.301-302
• J.J. de Lalande, Voyage de Hollande, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Ms 2195, p. 43, 46-47, 52-53, 59-60.
• Repertorium van Ambtsdragers. http://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/repertoriumambtsdragersambtenaren1428-1861/app/personen/4591

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• agricultural science
• poetry
• politics

Biography:
Writer of the Jaromir-cycle. Antonie Christiaan Winand Staring was born in 1767. At a young age, his parents left for Cape of Good Hope because of his father's job. Young Staring went to live with his family. When his father passed away, his uncle, a minister, became his legal supervisor. In 1783, Staring started studying law in Harderwijk. Soon, he found out that law was not for him. He was more interested in agricultural economics and decided that, although he would finish his education in Harderwijk, would move to Germany to study what he liked best. Staring was also highly interested in poetry and literature. In this, he was inspired by poet Rhijnvis Feith, who also encouraged Staring to publish his own poetry. In 1786 he published Mijne eerste proeven in poezij. His poems and writings usually centered around agriculture and rural life. Upon his return from Gottingen he accepted, although hesitantly, several political offices. Staring was a convinced federalist and detested the centralistic structure of the Batavian Republic. Although his political ideas were clear he preferred to not engage in politics all too much. Instead, he preferred spending time on managing and improving his estate Wildenborch in Vorden (Gelderland). In contrast to being politically active he did enjoy his membership of the Commission for Agriculture in Gelderland. Yet, out of a sense of duty he became mayor of the town of Lochem. Staring was a strong advocate of Gelderland and contributed to a statistical work on the province and also tried to establish a veterinary school in Zutphen, but eventually failed. In 1814 he also was a member of an assembly of notables deciding over the first constitution.

Residence

• Harderwijk 1783 - 1787
• Göttingen 1787 - 1789-04
• Doetinchem 
• Zutphen 
• Gouda 

Occupation

• President 1812 - 1813 - Kantonnale Raad, Lochem

Education

• Student 1777 - 1783 - Latijnse School Gouda, Gouda
• Roman and Contemporary Law Student 20-09-1783 - 20-05-1787 - Universiteit Harderwijk, Harderwijk
• Herbology Student  - Universitat Gottingen, Göttingen

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent, living in the Netherlands 25-03-1809
• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent 26-11-1818
• Koninklijk Instituut
  Member 03-01-1835
• Kunstgenootschap ten zinspreuke voerende ‘Kunst wordt door arbeid verkregen’
  Member 29-11-1786 - 1788
• Provinciaal college van politie, financien en algemeen welzijn van GelderlandGelderland
  Member 16-03-1795 - 1795-06
• Departement GelderlandGelderland
  Government member 
• Vergadering van Notabelen voor het departement Boven-IJsselAmsterdam
  Member 29-03-1814 - 30-04-1814
• Provinciale Staten van Gelderland voor de landelijke standGelderland
  Member (Zutphen) 19-09-1814 - 01-07-1821
• Provinciale Staten van Gelderland voor de landelijke standGelderland
  Member (Zutphen) 04-07-1826 - 15-05-1831
• Provinciale Staten van Gelderland voor de landelijke standGelderland
  Member (Elspeet) 03-07-1821 - 01-07-1824
• College van Curatoren AtheneumHarderwijk
  Member 1816 - 1818
• Commissie voor de LandbouwGelderland
  Member 
• Commissie van superintendentie van de rivierenGelderland
  Representative Member 1803 - 1805
• Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde - LeidenLeiden
  Member 1827
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en WetenschappenUtrecht
  Member 1830

Provenance

• Staring van den Wildenborch, A.C.W., Algemene Vergadering Instituut 1840, p. 10-11 door A. des Amorie van der Hoeven.

Publications

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BIO

Dissertation: De vitiis nervorum organicis

Highest degree: doctor

Fields of interest:

• medicine

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Utrecht 
• Paris 

Occupation

• physician and director (1862) at the Krankzinnigengesticht 1841 - 1881, Utrecht
• professor in psychiatry 1867 - 1878 - Hogeschool Utrecht

Education

• medicine student 1832 - 1838, Utrecht

Membership

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie
  founding member, honorary member and president (1876-1880) 
• Nederlands Natuur- en Geneeskundig Congres
  member [..1890]

Provenance

• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 4. (Leiden 1918) 922.
• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: Doctor medicinae

Fields of interest:

• medicine

Biography:
N/A

Residence

• Amerongen 

Occupation

• Doctor Medicinae en vroedmeester 1836, Amerongen
• Founder periodical Geneeskundige Courant 1847

Education

N/A

Membership

• Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychiatrie
  Founder 

Provenance

N/A

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• history
• literature

Biography:
Author, bookseller and editor, married with Cornelia Johanna Herdingh in 1782, (co-)founder of many institutes, co-founder and owner of the Algemeene Konst- en Letterbode (1788) and Kabinet van Mode en Smaak (1791-1794), Member of the "Provinciaal bestuur van Holland" (1797) Member of the "Intermediair Administratief bestuur" (1798 / 1799), Initiator of the foundation of: "Leesbibliotheek" (1794), "Openbaar Volksonderwijs" (1795), "Departementale School" (1801) for children, "Instituut Door Aankweking Volmaakter" (1806), "Onderwijs in Bijbelsche Geschiedenis" (1814), "Naaischool" (1814), "Kweekschool voor onderwijzers" (1805), "Nutsspaarbank" (1817),
"Lid van de Kerkraad van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente Haarlem" (1789-1818), "Directeur van het Fonds tot den Predikant" (1815-1818), "Regent van het Doopsgezinde Zuiderhofje (1810-1818), "Regent van het Doopsgezinde Weeshuis" (1816-1818).

Maurits Lijnslager (1808) is one of his most famous novels

Residence

• Haarlem 1762 - 1818

Occupation

• bookseller, editor and author  - 1818, Haarlem

Education

• student 28-10-1778 - 1779 - Doopsgezind Seminarium - Amsterdam, Amsterdam
• student  - 1777 - Latijnse School Haarlem, Haarlem

Membership

• Kunstgenootschap ten zinspreuke voerende ‘Kunst wordt door arbeid verkregen’
  member 28-11-1781 - 1789
• Genootschap ‘Vlijt, Moeder der Weetenschappen’ - HaarlemHaarlem
  founder and member 1779
• Dichtlievend genootschap ‘Democriet’ - HaarlemHaarlem
  co-founder and member 23-10-1789 - 28-02-1818
• Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen, departement HaarlemHaarlem
  co-founder and member 30-05-1789 - 28-02-1818
• Vereeniging ter Bevordering van de Belangen des BoekhandelsHaarlem
  co-founder, and committee member 1815 - 1818
• Leerzaam Vermaak voor het toneelHaarlem
  co-founder and member 1785
• Teyler's Godgeleerd GenootschapHaarlem
  member 1813 - 1818

Provenance

• Haan, M.H. de. Adriaan Loosjes (Utrecht 1934).
• Frank van Borselen en Jacoba van Beyeren (Haarlem 1790).
• Charlotte van Bourbon (Haarlem 1792).
• Huig de Groot en Maria van Reigersbergen (Haarlem 1794).
• Louise de Coligny (Haarlem 1803).
• Johann de Witt, raadpensionaris van Holland (Haarlem 1805).
• Arnold Geesteranus en Suzanna van Oostdijk (Haarlem 1807).
• Kloek, J.J. en W.W. Mijnhardt. 1800 : blauwdrukken voor een samenleving (Den Haag 2001).
• Jensen, L. en L. van Deinsen. ' Het theater van de herinnering', in: Spiegel der letteren : tijdschrift voor Nederlandse literatuurgeschiedenis en voor literatuurwetenschap 54, afl. 2 (2012).
• Jensen, L. De verheerlijking van het verleden (Nijmegen 2008).
• Jensen, L. (e.a.). Free access to the past : romanticism, cultural heritage and the nation (Boston 2010).
• Jensen, L. 'Controversiële helden : Oldenbarnevelt en de gebroeders De Witt in de ogen van literatoren, 1800-1830', in: De Negentiende Eeuw 31, afl. 1 (2007).
• Sliggers, B.C. (red). De verborgen wereld van Democriet : een kolderiek en dichtlievend genootschap te Haarlem, 1789-1869 (Haarlem 1995).

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• theology

Biography:
Founder of the 'Maatschappij tot Nut van 't Algemeen'

Residence

N/A

Occupation

• Preacher 

Education

• theology student  - Doopsgezind Seminarium - Amsterdam

Membership

• Gezelschap ter Beoeffening der proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte in ’s Hage
  Member 1795~ - 1799~
• Maatschappij tot Nut van het Algemeen
  Founder 1784
• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Visitor 1780-06

Provenance

• Naamen der leden van het Gezelschap, ter beoeffening der proefondervindelijke natuurkunde (Den Haag 1795).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 2. (Leiden 1912) 993.

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BIO

Dissertation: N/A

Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• art

Biography:
Painter

Residence

• Amsterdam 

Occupation

• artist 

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut, vierde klasse
  Member 18-07-1808
• Academie Imperiale et Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de BruxellesBrussel
  Member 
• Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten - GentGent
  Member 

Provenance

• Moritz, L., Jaarboek 1851, p. 129-130 door F.A.W. Miquel.

Publications

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Wiki Data: Q16062256
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