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Gilbert Jack
Gilbert Jack ( Latinized as ''Gilbertus Jacch(a)eus''; c. 1578 – April 17, 1628) was a Scottish Ramist philosopher and physician. Life He was born in Aberdeen, and studied at Marischal College under Robert Howie. In 1598 he went to the University of Helmstedt. Andrew Pyle (editor), ''Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers'' (2000), article Jack, Gilbert, pp. 463–466. He was professor, later of physics, at the University of Leiden, from 1605. He was dismissed in 1619, suspected of sympathy with the Remonstrants; he was reinstated in 1623. In 1626 he held the funeral oration for his deceased colleague Willebrord Snellius. He died in Leiden. His students included Franck Burgersdijk and Adolph Vorstius. Works * ''Institutiones Physicae'' (1614) * ''Primae Philosophiae Institutiones'' (1616) * ''Institutiones Medicae'' (1624) The ''Institutiones Physicae'' is in nine books, and accepts the occult influence of the heavens.Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbertus Jacchaeus
Gilbert Jack ( Latinized as ''Gilbertus Jacch(a)eus''; c. 1578 – April 17, 1628) was a Scottish Ramist philosopher and physician. Life He was born in Aberdeen, and studied at Marischal College under Robert Howie. In 1598 he went to the University of Helmstedt. Andrew Pyle (editor), ''Dictionary of Seventeenth Century British Philosophers'' (2000), article Jack, Gilbert, pp. 463–466. He was professor, later of physics, at the University of Leiden, from 1605. He was dismissed in 1619, suspected of sympathy with the Remonstrants; he was reinstated in 1623. In 1626 he held the funeral oration for his deceased colleague Willebrord Snellius. He died in Leiden. His students included Franck Burgersdijk and Adolph Vorstius. Works * ''Institutiones Physicae'' (1614) * ''Primae Philosophiae Institutiones'' (1616) * ''Institutiones Medicae'' (1624) The ''Institutiones Physicae'' is in nine books, and accepts the occult influence of the heavens.Lynn Thorndike Lynn Thorndike (24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willebrord Snellius
Willebrord Snellius (born Willebrord Snel van Royen) (13 June 158030 October 1626) was a Dutch astronomer and mathematician, commonly known as Snell. His name is usually associated with the law of refraction of light known as Snell's law. The lunar crater Snellius (crater), Snellius is named after Willebrord Snellius. The Royal Netherlands Navy has named three survey ships after Snellius, including a HNLMS Snellius (A802), currently-serving vessel. Biography Willebrord Snellius was born in Leiden, Netherlands. In 1613 he succeeded his father, Rudolph Snellius, Rudolph Snel van Royen (1546–1613) as professor of mathematics at the University of Leiden. Surveying In 1615, Snellius, after the work of Eratosthenes in Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemaic Egypt in the 3rd century BC, probably was the first to use triangulation (surveying), triangulation to do a large-scale arc measurement for determining the Earth radius, circumference of the earth. He was helped in his measureme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 Deaths
Events January–March * January 19 – (26 Jumada al-Awwal 1037 A.H.) The reign of Salef-ud-din Muhammad Shahryar as the Mughal Emperor, Shahryar Mirza, comes to an end a little more than two months after the November 7 death of his father, Jahangir, as Sharyar's older brother, Shihab defeats him in battle. Prince Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram takes the name Shah Jahan and sentences Shahryar and other members of the court to death. * January 23 – After being incarcerated and blinded on orders of his brother, former Mughal Emperor Shahryar Mirza is put to death, along with his nephews, co-ruler Dawar Bakhsh, and Princes Garshasp, Tahmuras and Hoshang. * February 3 – In what is now the South American nation of Chile, the indigenous Mapuche lay siege to the Spanish colonial settlement of Nacimiento. The Spanish captain and a force of 40 men are able to hold out until reinforcements arrive two days later, but the attackers take muskets and two c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1570s Births
Year 157 ( CLVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Civica and Aquillus (or, less frequently, year 910 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 157 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *A revolt against Roman rule begins in Dacia. Births * Gaius Caesonius Macer Rufinianus, Roman politician (d. 237) * Hua Xin, Chinese official and minister (d. 232) * Liu Yao, Chinese governor and warlord (d. 198) * Xun You Xun You (157–September 214), courtesy name Gongda, was a statesman who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China and served as an adviser to the warlord Cao Cao. Born in the influential Xun family of Yingchuan Commandery (arou ..., Chinese official and statesman (d. 214) Deaths References {{DEFAULTSORT:157 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lynn Thorndike
Lynn Thorndike (24 July 1882, in Lynn, Massachusetts, US – 28 December 1965, New York City) was an American historian of History of science in the Middle Ages, medieval science and alchemy. He was the son of a clergyman, Edward R. Thorndike, and the younger brother of Ashley Horace Thorndike, an American educator and expert on William Shakespeare, and Edward Lee Thorndike, known for being the father of modern educational psychology. In ''A Short History of Civilization'' (1926), Thorndike was the first historian to propose the term "early modern" to describe what is today recognized as the early modern period, about 1500–1800. Education and teaching career Thorndike studied at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut (Bachelor of Arts, 1902), and then medieval history at Columbia University (Master of Arts 1903, Doctorate 1905). Thorndike's doctoral dissertation (1905) was about "The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe", which he went on to link with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolph Vorstius
Adolphus Vorstius (born Adolphe Vorst; 18 November 1597, Delft – 9 October 1663, Leiden) was a Dutch physician and botanist. Life He was the son of Aelius Everhardus Vorstius and his wife. After attending the Latin School in Leiden, he enrolled in the University of Leiden in 1612. Here, he learned Greek under Henricus Bredius and Bonaventura Vulcanius, and studied the writings of Homer and Lucian. He also attended the lectures of Petrus Cunaeus, Daniel Heinsius, and employed to Thomas Erpenius with the Arabic language These language studies were designed to expand his possibilities in the study of botany. He also graduated from the then usual studies such as music, art and natural history. After he had defended a ''De Motu'' under Gilbert Jack, he spent seven years on a grand tour. This led him to Belgian, British, French and Italian universities. After further studies under Paul Reneaulme in Blois, he earned his medical doctorate at the University of Padua under Adriaan va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franck Burgersdijk
Franco Petri Burgersdijk, or Franciscus Burgersdicius (born Franck Pieterszoon Burgersdijk; 3 May 1590 – 19 February 1635), was a Dutch logician who worked as a professor of logic and moral philosophy and rector at Leiden University. Franco Burgersdijk's teaching helped raise the profile of logic and philosophy in Dutch universities. Life Franco Burgersdijk was born on 3 May 1590, in De Lier. Burgersdijk spent much of his childhood on a farm, and attended the Latin Schools at both Amersfoort (16041606) and Delft Gymnasium (16061610). Shortly after, he decided to study theology at the University of Leiden. His growing interest in debate led him to become a mentee of Gisbertus Voetius, the vice principal of Staten Collegie. After finishing his education in Leiden, he further pursued his studies at the University of Saumur where he became a professor of philosophy in 1614. After the Arminian "purification" of universities of the Dutch Republic, Burgersdijk relocated back to Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leiden
Leiden ( ; ; in English language, English and Archaism, archaic Dutch language, Dutch also Leyden) is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with 215,602 inhabitants. The Statistics Netherlands, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) further includes Katwijk in the agglomeration which makes the total population of the Leiden urban agglomeration 282,207 and in the larger Leiden urban area also Teylingen, Noordwijk, and Noordwijkerhout are included with in total 365,913 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Oude Rijn (Utrecht and South Holland), Oude Rijn, at a distance of some from The Hague to its south and some from Amsterdam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remonstrants
The Remonstrants (or the Remonstrant Brotherhood) is a Protestant movement that split from the Dutch Reformed Church in the early 17th century. The early Remonstrants supported Jacobus Arminius, and after his death, continued to maintain his original views called Arminianism against the proponents of Calvinism. Condemned by the synod of Dort (1618–1619), the Remonstrants remained a small minority in the Netherlands. In the middle of the 19th century, the Remonstrant Brotherhood was influenced by the liberal Dutch theological movement. History Foundation In formulating Arminianism, Jacobus Arminius disagreed with Calvin, especially on predestination. He defended free examination as superior to the doctrines of established churches. In 1610, Arminius followers presented to the States of Holland and Friesland the ''Five Articles of Remonstrance'' formulating their points of disagreement with Calvinism as adopted by the Dutch Reformed Church. Supporters of Arminius were cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onomastic Latinisation
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names, also known as onomastic Latinisation (or onomastic Latinization), is the practice of rendering a ''non''-Latin name in a modern Latin style. It is commonly found with historical proper names, including personal names and toponyms, and in the standard binomial nomenclature of the life sciences. It goes further than romanisation, which is the transliteration of a word to the Latin alphabet from another script (e.g. Cyrillic). For authors writing in Latin, this change allows the name to function grammatically in a sentence through declension. In a scientific context, the main purpose of Latinisation may be to produce a name which is internationally consistent. Latinisation may be carried out by: * transforming the name into Latin sounds (e.g. for ), or * adding Latinate suffixes to the end of a name (e.g. for ''Heinrich Meibom (doctor), Meibom),'' or * translating a name with a specific meaning into Latin (e.g. for Italian ; both mean ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Leiden
Leiden University (abbreviated as ''LEI''; ) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Established in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a Protestant institution, it holds the distinction of being the oldest university in the Netherlands of today. During the Dutch Golden Age scholars from around Europe were attracted to the Dutch Republic for its climate of intellectual tolerance. Individuals such as René Descartes, Rembrandt, Christiaan Huygens, Hugo Grotius, Benedictus Spinoza, and later Baron d'Holbach were active in Leiden and environs. The university has seven academic faculties and over fifty subject departments, housing more than forty national and international research institutes. Its historical primary campus consists of several buildings spread over Leiden, while a second campus located in The Hague houses a liberal arts college ( Leiden University College The Hague) and several of its faculties. It is a member of the Coimbra Group, the Europaeum, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Pyle (philosopher)
Andrew Pyle (born 17 March 1955) is a British philosopher on the history of philosophical atomism. Pyle is professor Emeritus in Early Modern Philosophy at the University of Bristol, where he also received his doctorate. His dissertation was titled ''Atomism and its Critics: Democritus to Newton''. Pyle also writes on the history of science and has given talks within the university on the nature of science Science is a systematic discipline that builds and organises knowledge in the form of testable hypotheses and predictions about the universe. Modern science is typically divided into twoor threemajor branches: the natural sciences, which stu ... historically. Pyle is one of the editors of the ''Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy''. Andrew Pyle engaged in an apologetics debate with William Lane Craig in 2008 on the topic: Does the Christian God Exist? In 2018, Bristol University held an all day conference honouring the thematic themes of Pyle's research Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
