University of Franeker

The University of Franeker ( Dutch: Universiteit van Franeker, Latin: Academia Franekerensis ) was a Dutch university in Franeker ( Frisian: Frjentsjer ) in the province of Friesland, which existed from 1585 to 1811. She was by the University of Leiden, the second oldest university in the Netherlands.

History

The University of Franeker, was founded on 15 July 1585 by the Frisian provincial government, the provincial States to train Reformed preachers and officers for the new state. The choice fell on Franeker, since there were former monastery building, and the city during the war against Spain was safer than the Frisian capital Leeuwarden.

The University was financed retracted church property and was the supervision of four curators who were appointed by the provincial States. The Reformed Church had no direct control.

During the Golden Age in the seventeenth century, the university flourished. It was attended by numerous foreign students from time to time constituted half of the students. They mainly came from reformed areas in Germany and Hungary. In the eighteenth century the importance of the university took off and she had only regional importance. When the Netherlands were incorporated into the French Empire, there were only three universities (Leiden, Utrecht and Groningen) obtained and the University of Franeker was closed.

From 1813 to 1843, they still continued to exist as an academy without university status. In Germany there was with the High School Herborn a similar Calvinist educational institution, which also includes an active contact was.

Well-known professors and students

  • Foppe van Aitzema (1580-1637), a student, later became a lawyer and diplomat
  • Balthasar Bekker (1634-1698), a student, was later theologian
  • Burmann Pieter the Younger (1713-1778), was professor of rhetoric and history
  • Johannes Cocceius (1603-1669), was professor of Hebrew Language, 1643 in Theology
  • René Descartes (1596-1650), a student in 1629
  • Willem van Haren (1710-1768), writer and politician
  • Onno Zwier van Haren (1713-1779), politician and poet
  • Johann Gottlieb Heineccius (1681-1741), Professor of Law
  • Daniel Heinsius (1580-1655), humanist
  • Tiberius Hemsterhuis (1685-1766), professor of Greek and philosopher
  • Johann Holwarda (1618-1651), astronomer, physician, and was a professor of philosophy
  • Ulrich Huber (1636-1694), a student and was professor of eloquence and history
  • John Maccovius (1588-1644), was professor of theology from Poland
  • Henricus Antonides Nerdenus, Professor of Theology 1585 - 1614
  • Murk van Phelsum (1730-1779), physician and pharmacologist
  • Anna Maria von Schurmann (1607-1678), born in Cologne, in 1639 one of the first female students in Europe
  • Garlieb Shillem, (1676-1732), graduate in law and Mayor of Hamburg
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1612-1672), Governor of New Amsterdam
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