Cornelis Willem de Rhoer
Cornelis Willem de Rhoer (also: Cornelius Wilhelm de Rhör ; born September 26, 1751 in Deventer , † January 15, 1821 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch historian, rhetorician, philologist and legal scholar.
Life
The son of Jacob de Rhoer the Elder had attended the Athaneum grammar school in his hometown and, after his father had been appointed to the University of Groningen , he had entered the register of that college free of charge on January 11, 1768. Here he completed his philosophical studies with Leonhard Offerhaus (1699–1779), Friedrich Adam Widder (1724–1787) and Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1724–1808). However, he wanted to study law above all. Therefore he attended the lectures of Friedrich Adolf van der Marck (1719–1800), Ludwig Konrad Schroeder (1724–1801), Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel (1738–1816) and Hermann Cannegieter (1723–1804).
With van der Kessel, he moved to the University of Leiden in 1771 , where Friedrich Wilhelm Pestel (1724–1805) accompanied his training. Returned to Groningen, he earned the academic title of Doctor of Law in 1773. Then he became a lawyer in Groningen. In 1777 the University of Harderwijk appointed him professor of history, rhetoric and the Greek language. In 1784 he became a professor of Dutch history.
After he had also been rector of the Alma Mater in 1781 and 1791, he took over the professorship of nature, international and constitutional law at the Harderwijk University in 1791 and in 1795 he became professor of Dutch constitutional law. In 1797 he received a call as a professor at the law faculty of the University of Utrecht , which office he took on March 7, 1798. Here he worked until the end of his life and was rector of the Utrecht alma mater in 1801/02 . In 1820 in the Netherlands he had paved the way for a pragmatic and philosophical treatment of history, using the writings of Voltaire , Montesquieu , Humes and Gibbon as a guide.
Works (selection)
- Diss. Philol. de studiis literariis Caesaris Augusti. Groningen 1770.
- Spec. hist. jur. inaug. de poena ad filios et propinquos res non extendendâ, in quo variarum gentium mores ac leges exponuntur earumque causae indagantur. Groningen 1773
- Dissertationes de effectu religionis Christianae in iurisprudentiam Romanam, Fasc. I. Goningen 1776.
- Disputatio historica de fide Herodoti recte aestimanda. 1787
literature
- Jaarboek van de Maatschappij of the Nederlandse Letterkunde. 1821 (German: Yearbook of the Society for Dutch Literature. , Dutch)
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical woordenboek der Nederlanden, bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige people, who zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland vermaard made. Verlag JJ Van Brederode, Haarlem, 1874, vol. 16, pp. 303-305 ( online , Dutch)
- Brugmans: RHOER (Cornelis Willem de) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen : Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis (ING), AW Sijthoff, Leiden, 1921, Vol. 5, Sp. 597-598, (Dutch)
- Eduard Maria Oettinger: Moniteur des dates, contenant un million de renseignements biographiques, généalogiques et historiques: Supplement. Bernhard Hermann, Leipzig, 1882, p. 148, col. 2
- Friedrich Julius Otto: The complete literature of the Netherlands, or life and work of the Dutch writers since the thirteenth century up to our time. Publishing house of the bibliographical institute, Hildburghausen-Amsterdam-Philadelphia, 1838, p. 367, ( online )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rhoer, Cornelis Willem de |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cornelius Wilhelm de Rhör |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch historian, rhetorician, philologist and legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deventer |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1821 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |