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Member Group(s)
- Boerhaave (instrumentenmakers)
- Genootschaps-lid
Variant Names
- Hemsterhuis, Franciscus
BIO
Dissertation: N/AHighest degree: N/A
Fields of interest:
Biography:
Hemsterhuis was a Dutch philosopher and writer on aesthetics. He studied at the University of Leiden, after which he entered the service of the Dutch Republic, where he acted as secretary to the state council of the United Provinces since 1769. He held this position until 1780. He became acquainted with many distinguished persons, such as Goethe, Herder and Jacobi. He was a very close friend of Adelheid Amalia, prinses Gallitzin, wife of the Russian ambassador in The Hague, who he met in 1775. He educated her in the exact sciences and philosophy and was tutor to her children. He invented an achromatic binocular telescope, and tested all the optical instruments of the Amsterdam Van Deijl instrument makers firm.
Residence
- Leiden 1740 - 1755
- Den Haag 1755 - 1790
Occupation
- Eerste commis van de Staat 1769 - 1790, Den Haag
Education
- student  - Universiteit Leiden
Membership
- Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen
Ordinary member 6 May 1779; 1779 - Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
Member 1772 - Natuur- en Geneeskundige Correspondentie Societeit in de Vereenigde Nederlanden - ’s HageDen Haag
contributing member 1779
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).
- L. Brummel, Frans Hemsterhuis. Een Philosophenleven (Haarlem, 1925)
- Petry, Michael J., ‘Hemsterhuis on Mathematics and Optics’, in: The Light of Nature: Essays in the History of Science presented to A.C. Crombie, edited by J. D. North and J. J. Roche (Dordrecht, 1985), 209–239.
- Zuidervaart, H.J., 'Reflecting 'Popular Culture' : The Introduction, Diffusion, and Construction of the Reflecting Telescope in the Netherlands', Annals of Science 61:4 (2004), 407-452.
- Petry, Michael J. [et al] Frans Hemsterhuis. Waarneming en werkelijkheid (Baarn, 1988)
- Sluis, J. van, ‘Hemsterhuis en de familie-Van Aylva. Tekstuitgave van een [Franstalige] correspondentie’ [Geschiedenis van de Wijsbegeerte in Nederland. Documentatieblad van de Werkgroep ‘Sassen’ 2 (1991), 71–88.