Arnold Sijen

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Arnold Sijen also: Arnoldus Syen, Arent Seyen, Seijen; (Born September 18, 1640 in Amsterdam , † October 21, 1678 in Leiden ) was a Dutch medic and botanist.

Life

The son of Joris Pietersz. Sijen († September 9, 1666) and his wife Marijtge Bosch († May 19, 1662), the daughter of the businessman Arent Dirksz. Bosch and his wife Elisabeth Jansdr. de Vogel, had probably received his training at the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam . At the age of eighteen, he enrolled at the University of Leiden on February 24, 1656 to study philosophy and literature. However, he soon seems to have turned to the medical sciences. Johannes Antonides van der Linden and Adolphus Vorstius in particular are likely to have been his formative teachers in the medical sciences, because on September 17, 1659 he received his doctorate there with the treatiseDiss. De Hydrope ascite (Leiden 1659) as a doctor of medicine. As a doctor, Sijen found a new field of activity in Gouda , where he cultivated many important plants in his garden.

For this purpose he traveled to different parts of Europe. In France, England and Germany in particular, he enriched his knowledge and got to know a large number of people with whom he was in correspondence. He enjoyed experimenting with the microscope, studying the structure of plants. In 1669 he was appointed professor of medicine and botany by the curators of the Leiden University to succeed Florentius Schuyl . After taking office on February 8, 1670, he also took over the management of the botanical garden Hortus Botanicus Leiden . During his time in Leiden, the Hortus population grew steadily. In 1674/75 he also participated as rector of the Alma Mater in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University. A treatise de herba Fumana and the Aantekeningen over de Malabarse Kruydhof are known from his writings . Most important is his adaptation of the first part of the Hortus Indicus Malabaricus . This work was later continued by his successor Paul Hermann and Jan Commelin .

family

Sijen met on June 12, 1663 in Gouda with Clara Cincq, (* October 1642 in Gouda † December 27, 1693), the daughter Harmen Pietersz. Cincq and his wife Niesje Gerritsdr. Bonse, married. You know from your children:

  • Harmen Sijen, (born June 9, 1669) Councilor of Gouda and captain of the police there, m. October 8, 1689 Maria van Alsem
  • Jan Sijen (born August 23, 1667, † March 10, 1689)
  • Maria Sijen (born July 19, 1669, † March 13, 1716) married. July 24, 1691 with Top (?) Brouwer, († 1696)
  • Elisabeth
  • Pieter
  • Arnold

literature

  • Syen, Arnold. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 41, Leipzig 1744, column 542.
  • 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. 956
  • August Hirsch , Ernst Julius Gurlt : Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1887, Vol. 5, p. 595
  • Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1874, vol. 17, part 1, p. 637, ( online ) and vol. 17, part 2, p. 1140 ( online )
  • Jan Christiaan Kobus, Willem GH Rivecourt: Beknopt biographically handwoordenboek van Nederland. AEC van Someren, 1857, 2nd vol., P. 871 ( online )
  • Biography universelle, Ancienne et Moderne. LG Michaud, Paris 1826, p. 298 ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Genealogical information , accessed on December 9, 2012
  2. ^ G. du Rieu: Album studiosorum Academiae Lugduno-Batavae 1575-1875. Martin Nijhoff, The Hague 1875, Sp. 446
  3. ↑ PC Molhysen: Album Promotorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae 1575-1812. The Hague 1913-1924, p. 291
  4. ^ CA Siegenbeek van Heukelom-Lamme: Album Scholasticum Academiae Lugduno-batave. Brill Archive, Leiden 1941
  5. ^ Hortus Indicus Malabaricus, Notis & Comment. Arnold. Syen, cum fig. Multinationals. Amsterdam 1678, the Indicus Malabaricus was published in 12 vol. And contains a large number of illustrations of exotic plants
personal data
SURNAME Sijen, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Syen, Arnoldus; Seyen, Arent; Be there, Arnold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch medic and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1678
Place of death Suffer