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Watch maker in Amsterdam, from ca 1740. He owned a workshop at the Lange Gasthuismolensteeg.

Collection: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and Princessehof Leeuwarden.

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• Amsterdam 

Occupation

• Watch maker 1740~ - 1783~, Amsterdam

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• Nierop, L. van. 'Naamregister van alle de voornaamste winkeliers der stad Amsterdam (1767)', in: Jaarboek Amstelodamum XXIX (1932).
• Morpurgo, E. Nederlandse klokken- en horlogemakers vanaf 1300 (Amsterdam 1970).
• Ottema, N. Geschiedenis van de uurwerkmakerskunst in Friesland (Assen 1948).

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J. van Rinsen was instrument maker, around 1755. He made an air pump.

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• Instrument maker 1755~

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• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Catalogus van eene aanzienlijke verzameling van allerleije physische, mathematische en werktuiglyke instrumenten, nagelaten door wylen den hooggeleerden, en wydvermaarden heere Johannes Nicolaas Sebastiaan Allamand (Leyden 1788).

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Wealthy landowner, lower nobility, catholic. Born in Middelburg, moved to Leiden in ca. 1580, died there in 1614. Married to Aeghte van Beaumont. Was buried in the Pieterskerk, Leiden.

He visited the Southern Netherlands frequently. Met Clusius there in the 1560's, in Malines, most likely after Clusius' return from Spain (or did they not meet then, see letter 1583). He corresponded since then with him. The main topic of their letters: gardens

He was very deaf, i.e. could hear hardly any sounds at all. He writes (perhaps for this reason), extremely long letters in a minuscule hand. Rather a grumpy type (complains a lot about people)

Mentions in his letters as relevant persons: his own brother, his brother in law in Antwerp, Hendrik van Liesveld, burger van Antwerpen, Plantijn, Claude de Vixque burger van Doornik, Paludanus, Batthyany, Porret, Cluyt, Roelsius, Lobel, Hans Hueninck jeweller in Antwerp, Lipsius and his wife, Monsr Van der Aa, Scholerius, the merchant Wessemius, Raphelengius, Janus Dousa and wife, Monsr Dassouleville, the merchant Michiel Michielsz, Hendrik van Opmeer (delivering letters), Heurnius, Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, Marie de Brimeu princess of Chimay, madame de Brederode, Jacques Cool in London, Bredius, nobleman Munchoven, dr Felix Basilea (Platter??), Paauw / Paaw, monsr de Merode, Willem van Mera from The Hague, Balthasar Hoeijkens, Nicolas Mulerius, Jan van Hout wife and daughter, Monsr Aerssen, madame Waerdenburch, wife of D. de Tempels in Brussels, Mnsr Boisot, Walychius Syvertsz in Amsterdam

C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) laudatory poems(2x), 10, 45, 114 (4x), 147, 184, 188, 218, 249, 254, 258, 260, 264, 265 (2X), 268, 280, 323, XXIII, XXXII, LXXX, LXXXIV, LXXXV, CLVIII, CLXIV, CCV, CCVI, CCVII.

C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 108, App Rariorum Images 465, 466, 468 (2x), 471, 475, 476, 480, 481 (2x), 482.

C. Clusius, Curae Posteriores (Leiden 1611) 15, 19, 43, 44(2x), 45, 50, 51, 57, 134

He shared a botanical interest with Clusius.

Exchanged plants, bulbs, tubers and seeds. Functioned as a go-between for the Curators of Leiden University.

Writes two poems for Rariorum Plantarum Historia, one about the illustrations in his work.

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

• Nobleman 

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• C. Clusius, Rariorum plantarum historia (Antwerp 1601) laudatory poems(2x), 10, 45, 114 (4x), 147, 184, 188, 218, 249, 254, 258, 260, 264, 265 (2X), 268, 280, 323, XXIII, XXXII, LXXX, LXXXIV, LXXXV, CLVIII, CLXIV, CCV, CCVI, CCVII.
• C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 108, App Rariorum Images 465, 466, 468 (2x), 471, 475, 476, 480, 481 (2x), 482.
• C. Clusius, Curae Posteriores (Leiden 1611) 15, 19, 43, 44(2x), 45, 50, 51, 57, 134
• F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609 Vol. I (The Hague 1927) 174, 184.
• F. Egmond, The world of Carolus Clusius: natural history in the making, 1550-1610 (London 2010) 60, 112, 148, 160-1, 164-9, 175.
• E. van Gelder, Tussen hof en keizerskroon. Carolus Clusius en de ontwikkeling van de botanie aan Midden-Europese hoven (1573-1593) (Leiden 2011) 29, 46, 75.
• P.J. Meertens, Letterkundig leven in Zeeland in de zestiende en de eerste helft van de zeventiende eeuw (Amsterdam 1943) 21, 23, 307 + index

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City secretary of Leiden, homo novus, poet in the vernacular. In 1594 he became secretary of the board of Curators of Leiden University.

Close friendship with Janus Dousa en Lipsius.

Clusius and Van Hout had a quarrel in 1594.

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

• Secretary of the board of Curators  - 1594 - Universiteit Leiden
• City secretary 1564 - 1609, Leiden

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• F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609 Vol. I (The Hague 1927) 186, 189, 215.

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Sister of Johanna van der Laen. From a old noble family with a lot of high functions in Bruges.

Old friend of Clusius, who got in touch with him again at a later age (around 70). Little botanical information in the letters.

Her grandson Pauwel van der Laen might have lived with Clusius in Leiden around 1606 for a short while.

Residence

• Mechelen 
• Antwerpen 

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One of the great governors of the early maritime expeditions to the East Indies, together with Wybrand van Warwijck.

He provided Clusius with exotic plants.

C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 82, 101, 284.

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• Sailor 

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• C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 82, 101, 284.
• F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609 Vol. I (The Hague 1927) 267.

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Writer, traveler and historian from the Northern Netherlands. Lived from 1579 till 1583 in Spain and Portugal and from 1583 till 1589 in India as a clerk of the archbishop of Goa. In 1594 and 1595 he was on board with the (failed) expeditions of Houtman to find a Northern passage to India.

He is credited with publishing important information about Asian trade, such as the navigational routes that enabled the passage to the elusive East Indies to be opened to the English and the Dutch.

Itinerario, voyage ofte schipvaert, van Ian Huygen van Linschoten naer de Oost ofte Portugaels Indien, inhoudende een corte beschrijvinghe der selver landen ende zeecusten... (Amsterdam 1595-96)

Reys-Gheschrift van de navigatien der Portugaloysers in Orienten... (Amsterdam 1595)

C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 3,18, (only his work: p. 262,270).

He provided Clusius with exotic plants.

Residence

• Enkhuizen 
• Goa 

Occupation

• Merchant/explorer 
• Clerk of the archbishop of Goa , Goa

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• C. Clusius, Exoticorum libri decem (Leiden 1605) 3,18, (only his work: p. 262,270).
• F.W.T. Hunger, Charles de l'Escluse (Carolus Clusius). Nederlandsch kruidkundige, 1526-1609 Vol. I (The Hague 1927) 268.
• F. Egmond, The world of Carolus Clusius: natural history in the making, 1550-1610 (London 2010) 152.

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Nobleman, Lord of Mathenesse, Riviere and Opmeer. Member of the knighthood of Holland, as well as a Remonstrant literator. One of the curators of the University of Leiden in its first years.

Writes on behalf of his mother, with whom Clusius exchanges plants.

Residence

• Den Haag 

Occupation

• Nobleman 
• Curator  - Universiteit Leiden

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Sister of "De Houchen," (possibly Charles de Houchin, seigneur de Longastre). Remarried Monsr. Van der Werve in 1588.

Was a correspondent of Clusius.

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• Antwerpen 

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• gardening

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Arkel was a member of the aristocracy. Castle Merkenborch in Heukelum was in the possession of the family Van Arkel. She owned a garden there, where she grew exotic plants, like green ginger.

Botanical correspondent of Carolus Clusius (1596-1598).

Residence

• Heukelom 

Occupation

• Aristocrat , Heukelom

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• F. Egmond, The world of Carolus Clusius: natural history in the making, 1550-1610 (Londen 2010) 45.

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A painter, the younger brother of the more well-known Lucas van Valkenborch.

Falkenborch is mentioned in letters from Bloeme (April 1599 and 1600) as a friend of Clusius in Frankfurt, sending greetings to him

Residence

• Frankfurt am Main 
• Mechelen 
• Aachen 

Occupation

• Artist 

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• Nationaal Biografisch Woordenboek, Deel 4, p.859-860

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Instrument maker, who was an apprentice at the 'Fundatie van Renswoude' in Utrecht (after 1754). He made airpump and an oil lamp.

Collection: Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht (an engraved plate of a sundial).

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• Instrument maker [1754..]

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• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).

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• scientific instruments
• navigation
• cartography

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Gerard Hulst van Keulen was a publisher, chart maker and navigational instrument maker in the Nieuwebrugsteeg in Amsterdam. Son of Joannes van Keulen (2). He added his grandmothers name 'Hulst' to his family name. After the death of his father, in 1755, he, his brother Cornelis Buijs van Keulen, and their mother lead the publishing and instrument making firm 'In de Gekroonde Lootsman'. After Cornelis' death in 1779 the firm was split up, whereby his widow Buijs van Keulen continued the anchor foundry. The instrument making and publishing business remained in the hands of Gerard Hulst van Keulen until his death in 1801. In 1792 he received a patent from the States of Holland for a circular dividing engine. From 1787 until his death in 1801 he was a member of the commission for implementing modern methods of finding longitude at sea, and improving sea charts (the 'Commissie tot de zaaken het bepaalen der lengte op zee en de verbeetering der zeekaarten betreffende'). Hulst van Keulen made navigating instruments, including cross staffs, octants, sextants, reflecting circles, compasses, astronomical and and mathematical instruments. After his death, his widow Anna Hendrina Calkoen, continued the business under the name 'Wed. Gerard Hulst van Keulen'.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, Noordelijk Scheepvaartmuseum, Groningen, Fries museum, Leeuwarden.

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• Instrument maker 1779 - 1801, Amsterdam
• book trader 1757 - 1801, Amsterdam
• kaartenmaker der O.I. Comp. 1757 - 1801

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• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  Ordinary member 6 nov 1783; Contributing member 12 nov 1783 1783 - 1802
• Maatschappij van Verdiensten onder de Zinspreuk ‘Felix Meritis, departement Natuurkunde
  member 24-09-1784
• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - AmsterdamAmsterdam
  member 1788~
• Oeconomischen Tak - HaarlemAmsterdam
  gecommitteerde tot de commissie der Zeevaart-, Werktuig- en Scheikunde 1788~
• Vaderlandsch fonds ter Aanmoediging van 's Lands Zeedienst
  commissaris en mede-oprichter 1781 - 1801
• Commissie tot de Zaaken het bepalen der Lengte op Zee en de verbetering der Zeekaarten betreffende
  member 1787 - 1801

Provenance

• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 'The Cross-Staff Ten Years Later: An Update with Recently Found Examples', in: Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 80 (2004).
• Lalande, J.J. de 'Voyage de Hollande', Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Ms 2195, p. 73, 87-88.
• Keulen, E.O. van, W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, et al, 'In de Gekroonde Lootsman': het kaarten-, boekuitgevers en instrumentenmakershuis Van Keulen te Amsterdam 1680-1885. (Utrecht 1989).
• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden. (Leiden 1950).
• Vries, D. de (et al.), The Van Keulen cartography, Amsterdam 1680-1885. (Alphen a/d Rijn 2005).
• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. Schip recht door zee : de octant in de Republiek in de achttiende eeuw. (Amsterdam 2003).
• “Naamlijst der heeren leden des genootschaps”, in: Kunst-oefeningen over verscheide nuttige onderwerpen (Amsterdam 1788).
• "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) 209.
• Kuile, S. ter and W.F.J. Morzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam, 1999) 73.
• Morzer Bruyns, The Cross-Staff: History and Development of a Navigational Instrument. (Amsterdam/Zutphen, 1994)

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• scientific instruments
• cartography
• navigation

Biography:
The Weduwe G. Hulst van Keulen was a retailing firm of navigating instruments and manuals, charts, and sea-atlases, from 1801-1885. After Gerard Hulst van Keulen died in 1801, his widow Anna Hendrika Calkoen, continued selling mainly imported navigating instruments, charts and books.The firm then no longer made instruments, except perhaps for compasses. After Anna's death in 1810, her grandson Johannes Gerard Hulst van Keulen van de Velde took over the firm, but he sold it in 1823. Thereafter it was continued by several owners under the name of 'Weduwe G. Hulst van Keulen', until it was liquidated in 1885. That year the inventory was auctioned by G.D. Bom HGz. In 1834 and 1835 various instruments were sold to 'Felix Meritis'.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1770~ - 1810

Occupation

• Retailer of scientific and nautical instruments 1801 - 1810, Amsterdam

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Provenance

• Keulen, E.O. van, W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns et al, . (Utrecht 1989).
• Kuile, S. ter and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam 1999).
• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. The cross-staff : history and development of a navigational instrument. (Amsterdam/Zutphen 1994).
• Bom HGz., G.D. Bijdragen tot eene geschiedenis van het geslacht 'Van Keulen' als boekhandelaars, uitgevers, kaart- en instrumentmakers in Nederland (Amsterdam, 1885).

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Instrument maker, ca 1875-1900.

Collection: Teylers Museum Haarlem (several machines).

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• Instrument maker 1875~ - 1900~, Amsterdam

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Merchant, banker, art collector and amateur draftsman.

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• Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen - Amsterdam
  director 1767 - 1785

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Merchant.

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• Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen - Amsterdam
  director (1775-1797) and honorary director (1797-1806) 

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• Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen - Amsterdam
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• Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen - Amsterdam
  director 1816 - 1818

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Director of 'De Nederlandse bank' and amateur painter.

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• member  - Gemeenteraad Amsterdam
• amateur painter 
• director  - De Nederlandsche Bank

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• Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen - Amsterdam
  director 1827 - 1838
• Vaderlandsch fonds ter Aanmoediging van 's Lands Zeedienst
  commissaris 1820 - 1838

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• "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.

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