Burchard de Volder
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Burchard de Volder | |
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Born | 26 July 1643 |
Died | 21 March 1709 Leiden, Dutch Republic | (aged 65)
Nationality | Dutch |
Education | University of Utrecht (M.A., 1660) University of Leiden (M.D., 1664) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Leiden |
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Doctoral advisor | Franciscus Sylvius |
Other academic advisors | Johannes de Bruin |
Notable students | Herman Boerhaave[1] |
Burchard de Volder (26 July 1643 – 21 March 1709) was a Dutch physicist.
Biography
He was born in a Mennonite family in Amsterdam. He earned an M.A. in philosophy at the University of Utrecht under Johannes de Bruin in 1660. He earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leiden under Franciscus Sylvius in 1664.[2] He became professor of physics at Leiden University in 1670.[3] Thanks to the efforts of the Volder, a physics laboratory at the University of Leiden was established in 1675. He collected measuring instruments of all kinds and performed many physics demonstrations, particularly those illustrating the discoveries of Robert Boyle. This laboratory was unique for its time. He is further famous as one of Gottfried Leibniz's most important philosophical correspondents.[4][5]
De Volder's work drew many foreign students. One of his most famous students was Herman Boerhaave.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Gerrit Arie Lindeboom (ed.), Boerhaave and His Time, Brill, 1970, p. 7.
- ^ Burchard de Volder (1664). "De Natura" (PDF).
- ^ "List of Professors at Leiden University".
- ^ Paul Lodge, "Leibniz's Close Encounter with Cartesiansim in the Correspondence with De Volder", in Leibniz and His Correspondents Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-83410-4, pp. 162-192.
- ^ The Leibniz-De Volder Correspondence, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013.
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