Adriaan van Schrieck (

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, 26 December 1560 -

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, 26 December 1621), lord of Rodorne, was a

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office holder and

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, known for his historical and linguistic work. He is also known by his

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name, ''Adrianus Schrieckius''.

Life

Adriaan van Schrieck was born in Bruges. After his earliest education in his native city, he attended the

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to study philosophy and law. There he came into contact with famous people such as the French statesman and Chancellor of the

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, Henri de Mesmes, and François Pithou. Upon return to his homeland, he met Gerard Horne, count of Baucigny, and Nicolas de Montmorency, count of Estaires, by whose offices he was appointed bailiff of Cassel, Estaires, La Bassée and Loker. Later he was appointed councillor to the Archdukes Albert and Isabella. Finally, between 1609 and 1619 he was chancellor of the city of

, where he spent his last years until he died of a stroke in December 1621. In his spare time he devoted himself to historical research, supported by a network of humanist scholars in the

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and the

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that included Nicolaas Cromhout, Erycius Puteanus and Josse de Rycke ( nl). Schrieck's historical works include the history of Ypres and the prehistory of Europe.

Bibliography

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Ancestors

This ancestry is based on the biography by Leonardus Neytsius (

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), with Van Schrieck's ''Monita'' from 1615. Neytsius, who was a canon of

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in Bruges, had forwarded the biography on 1 May 1613 in a recommendation letter to the bishop of Ypres, Jan de Visschere.

References

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