Burgersdijk [Burgersdicius], Franco

1. Dates

Born: near Delft, 3 May 1590 death: Leiden, 19 Feb. 1635

Died:

Dateinfo: 45

Lifespan:

2. Father

Occupation: Farmer

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Dutch

Career: Dutch, French

Death: Dutch

4. Education

Schooling: Leiden, both B.A. and Ph.D.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Calvinist

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Primary: Scholastic Philosophy

Subordinate: Burgersdijk Was The Last Major Representative Of Scholastic Philosophy in the Netherlands.

7. Means of Support

Primary: Academic

1616-19, Professor of philosophy at the Protestant academy at Saumur.

1620-8, Professor of logic and ethics at Leiden.

1628-35, Professor of philosophy at Leiden.

Rector of the university 1629, 1630, and 1634.

8. Patronage

Types: Aristocracy, Scientist

DuPlessis Mornay was instrumental in Burgersdijk's appointment at Saumur.

His appointment in Leiden was part of the political- religious struggle in the Netherlands between the house of Orange (and orthodox Calvinism) against the oligarchy of Holland (and Arminianism). The orthodox party installed Burgersdijk. Willibrord Snel sponsored him.

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Sources

1. Nieuw nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek, 7, 230-1.
2. Edward G. Ruestow, Physics at 17th and 18th Century Leiden, (The Hague: Nijhoff, 1973).

Not Available and Not Consulted

1. P.C. Molhuysen, Bronnen tot de geschiedenis der Leidsche universiteit, (1916).
2. J.N. Paquot, Mémoires, 2 (1763), 240-4.

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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