Antonie Rutgers

Antonie Rutgers (born March 2, 1805 in Groningen , † October 18, 1884 in The Hague ) was a Dutch Reformed theologian and philologist.

Life

Rutgers was the son of the Groningen pastor Johannes Rutgers (born October 19, 1758 in Leeuwarden; † April 15, 1834 in Groningen) and his wife Eva Justina Brugmans (born May 16, 1773 in Groningen; † February 7, 1845 ibid.). He attended high school in his hometown and began on June 16, 1821 to study literature and theology at the University of Groningen . In 1823 he passed his candidate examination in literature in Groningen and in 1825 his theological candidate examination. On December 1, 1828, he was called to Breede as a pastor, which task he took up on April 5, 1829.

After he had received his doctorate in theology on April 21, 1830 in Groningen on the subject of Annotation in Joëlem , he was appointed professor at the philosophical and humanities faculty of the University of Leiden on June 20, 1837 . His teaching position included the Hebrew language, Hebrew antiquities, the interpretation of the Old Testament and Sanskrit . He began this task on September 29, 1837 with a speech. On May 24, 1840, he received an honorary doctorate in literature from the University of Groningen. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University. In 1848/49, for example, the Alma Mater was rector , and he resigned this task with the speech de Academiis origine universitatum . On April 3, 1875, he was retired from his professorship by royal resolution and then moved to The Hague.

Rutgers was a member of several learned societies of his time. From April 13, 1849 to October 26, 1851, he was a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sciences, Literature and Fine Arts, and from February 23, 1855 to September 21, 1877 a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (Literature Department ), he was also a member of the Provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences, a member of the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden and a member of the Zeeland Society of Sciences in Middelburg.

family

Rutgers was married twice. His first marriage was on May 20, 1833 in IJsselstein with Jeremina Frederika Abresch (born February 20, 1805 in IJsselstein; † December 21, 1840 in Leiden). His second marriage was also in IJsselstein on August 26, 1847 with the sister of his first wife Louisa Wilhelmina Abresch (born October 25, 1812 in IJsselstein; † June 10, 1848 in Leiden). Both women were the daughters of Frederik Lodewigk Abresch and Willemina Jacoba Rolandus. His only son Frederik Lodewijk Rutgers (1836–1917) also became a theologian, earned a doctorate in theology and became professor of theology at the University of Amsterdam.

Works

Historia Jemanae sub Hasano Pascha. Leiden 1838
Oratio de Samuelis in populo Israelitico formando vi saluberrima. The Hague 1840
Oratio de Academiis origine universitatum. Leiden 1849
De Sanskrit-drukletters. Leiden 1851
Het lijdvak the Babylonian Ballingschap. Leiden 1851
Het beheer der Kerkelijke goederen en fondsen van de Nederd. Herv. remembered suffering. Leiden 1869
De Echtheid van het tweede Gedeelte van Isaiah. Leiden 1866

literature

E. Zuidema: Rutgers (Antonie) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 2. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 1243–1244 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, reprinted unchanged).
CA Siegenbeek van Heukelom-Lamme: Album Scholasticum Academiae Lugduno-batave. Brill Archive, Leiden, 1941, p. 130

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personal data
SURNAME	Rutgers, Antonie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rutgers, Anton; Rutgers, Anthonie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch Reformed theologian and philologist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 2, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Groningen
DATE OF DEATH	October 18, 1884
Place of death	The hague