Adolphus Vorstius

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Adolphus Vorstius

Adolphus Vorstius (also: Vorst, Voorst ; born November 18, 1597 in Delft , † October 9, 1663 in Leiden ) was a Dutch medic and botanist.

Life

After the son of Aelius Everhardus Vorstius and his wife had visited dared the Latin School in Leiden, he enrolled in 1612 as a student in the registers of the local university one. Here he learned the Greek language under Henricus Bredius (-1621) and Bonaventura Vulcanius and studied the writings of Homer and Lucianus. He also attended the lectures of Petrus Cunaeus , Daniel Heinsius and studied the Arabic language with Thomas Erpenius (1584–1624). These language studies served to expand his possibilities in the study of botany. He also completed the studies that were customary at the time, such as music, drawing and natural history.

After he Gilbert Jacheus (1578-1628) a Disputatatio de Motu had defended, he went to seven years in a Grand Tour . This led him to Belgian, English, French and Italian universities. After further studies with Paul Reneaulme in Blois , he received his doctorate in medicine at the University of Padua under Adriaan van den Spiegel on August 20, 1622. When he returned home, he received an appointment as associate professor of medicine at the University of Leiden from the regent Moritz von Orange ; he took up this office on February 10, 1624.

On May 13, 1625 he became a full professor of medicine and botany, with which the management of the Hortus Botanicus was connected. For this he produced a catalog that recorded the continuous growth of the botanical garden. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1636, 1652 and 1660 . A stone disease ended his life at the age of sixty-two.

From his marriage in October 1626 to Katharina van der Meulen († 1652), the daughter of Daniel van der Meulen and Esther de la Faille, some children come. You know the son Eberhard.

Works

  • Recognitio versionis Ioannis Obsapaei aphorismorum Hippocratis. Suffering 1628
  • Oratio funerbis in obitum Gilberti Iacchaei cum variorum epicediis. Suffering 1628
  • Oratio funerbis recitata in exequiis Petri Cunai. Suffering 1638
  • Catalogus plantarum horti Academici Lugdono-Bataui, quibus in instructus erat anno 1642. Accessit index plantatum indigenarum, quae prope Lugdunum in Batauis nascuntur. Suffering 1643
  • Oratio funerbis in excessum Claudii Salmasii habita. Suffering 1652
  • Harangue funèbre sur la mort de l'imcomparable Claude de Soumaize. Leiden 1663 ( online )
In addition, a large number of disputations that arose from his teaching activities bear his name.

literature

  • August Hirsch , Albrecht Wernich, Ernst Julius Gurlt : Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Urban & Schwarzenberg publishing house, Vienna and Leipzig 1888, 6th volume, p. 153
  • Vorstius, Aelius Eberhard. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 50, Leipzig 1746, column 1472.
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig 1751, Vol. 4, Sp. 1710
  • Johann Peter Niceron: News of the events and writings of famous scholars. Verlag Christoph Peter Franken, Halle / Saale 1758, Volume 16, p. 219 f. ( Online )
  • Henning Witte: Memoriae medicorum nostri seculi clarissimorum renovatae decas prima (- secunda). Hallervord, Königsberg and Frankfurt (Main) 1676, p. 222 ( online at MATEO )
  • Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1876, vol. 19, p. 369 ( online )

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