BIO

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Fields of interest:

• astronomy
• mathematics

Biography:
Founder of the new Leiden observatory.

Residence

• Leiden 1830~

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Education

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Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 26-10-1851
• Koninklijk Instituut, eerste klasse
  Member 25-04-1844 - 26-10-1851
• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  member 1830~

Provenance

• Kaiser, F., Jaarboek 1875, p. 39-104 door J.A.C. Oudemans.
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1830).

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BIO

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Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• instrument making

Biography:
Together with her husband P.M. Tamson she founded the company 'P.M. Tamson' in the Hague in 1878. They produced all kinds of instruments: for the cultivation and collection of animals and plants, physics education, science, laboratories (including hospital laboratories). Their daughter and her husband (Hendrik Johan ten Have) took over the company in 1914.

Residence

• Den Haag 

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1878, Den Haag
• instrument maker 

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Provenance

• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments

Biography:
Alexander Kaiser (1814-1895) was born in Amsterdam as the younger brother of the director of the Leiden Observatory, Frederik Kaiser. Kaiser made pendulum clocks and from 1845 he started to make simple regulators with adjustable compensation pendulums. A report by Franciscus Johannes Stamkart gave these regulators a good reputation. Due to the recommendation by the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kaiser's regulators could be found in many municipalities throughout the Netherlands.

Residence

• Den Haag 

Occupation

• Instrument maker (city watchmaker) , Den Haag

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Provenance

• Gent, R.H. van. De tijdmeters van de Leidse Sterrewacht (Leiden 1992).

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BIO

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Highest degree: doctor

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Residence

• Leiden 

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Membership

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

Provenance

• Ledenlijst Vereeniging het Nederl. Natuur- en Geneesk. Congres (1890).

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• classical languages

Biography:
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Residence

• Leiden 

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Education

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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)

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Biography:
Frederik Rainville was a botanist of French origin, who lived in Rotterdam, dying there in 1779.

Residence

• Rotterdam  - 1779

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Education

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Membership

• Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte - Rotterdam
  Member 1769

Provenance

• http://teylersmuseum.ning.com/profiles/blogs/433-martinus-van-marum-as-a?xg_source=activity
• J.J. de Lalande, Voyage de Hollande, Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Institut de France, Ms 2195, p. 29, 36.
• Rotterdams Jaarboekje, Reeks 06, Jaargang 07, 1959, p. 244-248. URL: http://rjb.x-cago.com/GARJB/1959/12/19591231/GARJB-19591231-0265/story.pdf

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments

Biography:
Van de Kasteele was owner of a factory for precision instruments in Utrecht and The Hague, around 1910

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Occupation

• owner of a instrument factory 1910~ - 1937~

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Provenance

• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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BIO

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Highest degree: mr.

Fields of interest:

• law

Biography:
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Residence

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Occupation

• lawyer 

Education

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Membership

• Vrijdagsch Gezelschap genaamd ‘Libertate et Concordia’ - Amsterdam
  member 1811~

Provenance

• “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).

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• mathematics
• education

Biography:
He was "kostschoolhouder" in Vianen from 1822 until 1855.

Residence

• Vianen 1841~ - 1850~

Occupation

• kostschoolhouder 1822 - 1855, Vianen
• member of gemeenteraad and wethouder 1859 - 1889, Vianen

Education

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Membership

• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  member 1834 - 1850~

Provenance

• “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 wiskunstige opgaven. (Amsterdam 1850).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 4. (Leiden 1918) 1284.
• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van nieuwe wiskundige voorstellen (Amsterdam 1846).

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BIO

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• scientific instruments

Biography:
Made a sundial (14-08-1721).

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1695 - 1721

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Membership

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Provenance

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

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Biography:
"Luitenant Ingenieur te Samarang"

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Occupation

• Luitenant Ingenieur [1780~..1784], Semarang

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Membership

• Bataviaasch Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - Batavia
  member 1780~ - 1790

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• art history

Biography:
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Residence

• Amsterdam 

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Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 26-04-1935

Provenance

• Schmidt Degener, F., Jaarboek 1941/42, p. 226-236 door J. Huizinga.

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BIO

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Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• literature

Biography:
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Residence

• Doesburg 

Occupation

• (Protestant) Minister 1794 - 1796, Dokkum
• (Protestant) Minister 1796 - 1804, Gouda
• (Protestant) Minister 1804 - 1845, Utrecht
• Curator 1822 - Remonstrants Seminarium - Amsterdam

Education

• Student  - Remonstrants Seminarium - Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Membership

• Koninklijk Instituut
  Correspondent, living in the Netherlands 26-11-1818
• Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
  Member 
• Maatschappij van Verdiensten onder de Zinspreuk ‘Felix Meritis’
  Member 

Provenance

• Teutem, F. van, Jaarboek 1848, p. 6-7 door J. van Lennep.

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• social sciences

Biography:
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Residence

• Markelo 

Occupation

N/A

Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Letterkunde 18-05-1965

Provenance

• Heek, F. van, Jaarboek 1988, p. 133-139 door J.A.A. van Doorn.

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• physics

Biography:
Frits Zernike attended the HBS and from 1905 onwards studied chemistry at Amsterdam. At the age of nineteen, in 1907, he answered a prize question of the University of Groningen on probability theory, for which he was awarded a gold medal. He won a second gold medal for a prize question in optics issued by the Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen in Haarlem (1912). In that year, he passed his doctoral examinations and started work on his dissertation, for which he used his prize winning essay of 1912 as a starting point. In 1913 he was appointed assistant to the astronomer J.C. Kapteyn at the University of Groningen. In 1915 he took his degree in chemistry at Amsterdam with a dissertation L'opalescence critique, théorie et experiments.
Shortly after obtaining his degree, also in 1915, Zernike succeeded Ornstein as lecturer in mathematical physics and theoretical mechanics in Groningen and in 1920 he became full professor. In the 1920's Zernike mainly worked in statistical physics. Together with Ornstein, and later with J.A. Prins, Zernike wrote a number of articles on fluctuation phenomena. In molecular statistics he introduced the concept of a radial distribution function, giving the mean number density of molecular centers around an arbitrary molecular center. For the Handbuch der Physik he wrote a chapter on probability theory and mathematical statistics (1928). In the 1930s, while not neglecting his work in statistical mechanics altogether, Zernike became more and more interested in physical optics. He had always been a very skillful instrument-maker: as early as 1921, he had constructed a very precise galvanometer and during the 1930s he worked on the construction of the so-called phase contrast microscope. He studied errors in telescope mirrors and discovered that there is a phase difference in the diffraction of light in different substances. By finding ways to increase the phase contrast, Zernike was able to construct a much more powerful microscope, with which one could study living material (staining usually kills the cells). In 1936 he obtained a patent on his invention. Zernike long remained a bachelor. In the 1920s he lived with his sister, Elisabeth Zernike, who was an author, and with his mother. Finally, only in January 1930, he married Theodora Willernina van Bommel van Vloten. They had one son (from an earlier marriage his wife already had one daughter). In February 1945, shortly before the liberation of Groningen, Zernike's wife died.
After the war Zernike, whose chair had been redefined as including mathematical and technical physics and theoretical mechanics in 1941, further refined his phase contrast microscope. In 1946 he was elected to the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 1947-1948 he was visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University. Especially after 1950 he received honors all over the world, including in 1953 the Nobel Prize in physics for his phase contrast microscope. In 1956 he became a fellow of the Royal Society. In the year after receiving the Nobel Prize Zernike married to Lena Baanders, with whom he had no children. He retired in 1958 and in 1961 moved to Naarden (near Amsterdam). His interests were wide ranging, including secondary teaching, natural philosophy and religion. During the last years of his life he was ill and in 1953 he entered a hospital in Amersfoort, where he died on 10 March 1966.

Residence

• Naarden 

Occupation

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Education

N/A

Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Member Afd. Natuurkunde 12-06-1946
• Royal Society of London
  Foreign Member 26-04-1956

Provenance

• Zernike, F., Verslagen Natuurkunde 75, 1966, p. 49-51 door C.J. Gorter; Jaarboek 1965/66,p. 370-377 door J.A. Prins.

Publications

• The clustering-tendency of the molecules in the critical state and the extinction of light caused thereby Year: . Pages: 9. (PDF format)
  
• An interpolation-formula for resistance-thermometry at low temperatures Year: . Pages: 13. (PDF format)
  
• A moving coil galvanometer of high sensitivity Year: . Pages: 7. (PDF format)
  

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BIO

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Residence

• Deventer 

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Membership

• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Member 1793

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• mathematics

Biography:
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Residence

• Middelburg 

Occupation

• arrondissementsijker 1846 - 1875, Middelburg

Education

• student 1843 - 1845, Delft

Membership

• Wiskundig Genootschap onder de zinspreuk ‘Een onvermoeide Arbeid komt alles te boven’ - Amsterdam
  member 1849 - 1850~
• (Koninklijk) Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen
  bibliothecaris 1862

Provenance

• “Naamlijst der leden van het wiskundig genootschap”, in: Verzameling van wiskunstige opgaven. (Amsterdam 1850).
• Molhuysen, P.C., en P.J. Blok (redactie), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Deel 8. (Leiden 1930) 1202.

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• medicine

Biography:
Medical Doctor

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Occupation

• Medical Doctor 1782~, Oostermeer

Education

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Membership

• Natuur- en Geneeskundige Correspondentie Societeit in de Vereenigde Nederlanden - ’s HageAmsterdam
  contributing member 1782

Provenance

• '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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BIO

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Residence

• Jakarta 

Occupation

• landsarchivaris 

Education

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Membership

• Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen
  Correspondent Afdeling Letterkunde / (resigned) 03-05-1921 - 1924

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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"(Opper)koopman dezes kasteels" in Batavia, "Eerste Administratuer in den Medicinaalen Winkel" in Batavia

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Occupation

• Opperkoopman dezes kasteel , Batavia
• Eerste Administrateur in den Medicaalen Winkel , Batavia

Education

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Membership

• Bataviaasch Genootschap van kunsten en wetenschappen - Batavia
  member (1778), Dirigeerend Lid (1784 and ~1793) and Oud-Dirigeerend Lid (1802)  [1802..

Provenance

• De Groot, Van de Grote Rivier naar het Koningsplein (2006), pag. 85.
• Verhandelingen van het Bataviasch Genootschap (1794), 10.

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