David Bierens de Haan

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David Bierens de Haan

David Bierens de Haan (born May 3, 1822 in Amsterdam , † August 12, 1895 in Leiden ) was a Dutch mathematician and historian of science .

Life

He was the son of the wealthy businessman Abraham Pieterszoon de Haan (* December 12, 1795 in Amsterdam, † October 25, 1880 in modern Oostbroek) and Catharina Jacoba Bierens (* January 9, 1797 in Amsterdam, † September 12, 1835 ibid) . After receiving various training courses, his father made him study law. In 1841 he moved into the Athenaeum Illustre Amsterdam . In the same year he enrolled at the University of Leiden on January 2, 1841 . However, his interests were more in the exact sciences, which he studied from September 1842. On May 15, 1847 he received his doctorate in Leiden with Gideon Janus Verdam (1802-1866) with the work De Lemniscata Bernouillana to the doctorate of philosophy. On August 28, 1848 he became a lecturer in natural history and mathematics at the grammar school in Deventer . During that time he published a variety of articles on elementary education and mathematics.

On May 5, 1856 he became a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences, for whose journal he wrote thirty-three articles from 1874 to 1893. He was also a member of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem, the provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences, the Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy, foreign member of the Imperial Sciences in Kazan, member of the Academie Imperiale des science, inscriptions et belles lettres in Toulouse, the British Association for the advancement of science and the Danish Society of Sciences. In 1857 he became a school councilor in Deventer and from 1858 he was a council member responsible for various areas of education there. On June 21, 1863 he was appointed associate professor of mathematics and physics by royal resolution.

He took up this position on December 25, 1863 with the introductory speech Over de magt van het zoogenaamd onbestaanbare in de wiskunde . On December 24, 1866, he was appointed full professor. In this capacity he also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1872/1873 . Since 1888 he was co-editor of the Oeuvres complètes of Christiaan Huygens and in 1892 edited the algebra of Willem Smaasen (1820–1850). He had a very extensive library on mathematics, the history of science, and education; this is now in the Leiden University Library . His most important mathematical achievement consisted in the publication of a very extensive integral table of certain integrals called Tables d'intégrales définies in 1858 and Nouvelles tables d'intégrales définies in 1867. On June 28, 1892 he was retired from his professorship by royal resolution and retired on Retired September 20, 1892.

family

Bierens de Haan met on March 31, 1852 in Deventer with Johanna Catharina Justina de Schepper (born April 13, 1827 in Deventer, † January 25, 1906 in Haarlem), the daughter of Wolter Jacob IJssel de Schepper (born January 24, 1799 in Deventer, † April 23, 1850 ibid) and Susanna Maria Petronella Teding van Berkhout (born April 13, 1802 in Olst, † May 14, 1880 in Heemstede), married. There are seven daughters and two sons from the marriage. From the children we know:

  • Catharina Jacoba Abrahamina Bierens de Haan (born January 10, 1853 in Deventer; † December 21, 1929 in Amersfoort) married March 14, 1878 in Leiden with Marcellus Crommelin (born September 11, 1851 in Amsterdam, † October 1, 1931 in Amersfoort)
  • Wolter Jacob Bierens de Haan (born April 29, 1854 in Deventer, † August 29 in The Hague) married September 13, 1882 in Zwolle with Louisa Lucretia Roosenburg (born October 19, 1862 in Waalwijk, † December 26, 1947 in Amsterdam)
  • Hester Antonia Bierens de Haan (born September 23, 1855 in Deventer, † March 16, 1865 in Leiden)
  • Suzanna Maria Petronella Gerhardina de Haan (* July 6, 1857 in Deventer, † July 29, 1857 ibid)
  • Suzanna Maria Petronella Bierens de Haan (born July 19, 1858 in Deventer, † February 25, 1865 in Leiden)
  • Petronella Hermance Johanna Bierens de Haan (* December 21, 1859 in Deventer, † November 28, 1872 in Leiden)
  • Elise Charlotte Adolphine Jeannette de Haan (born March 28, 1862 in Deventer, † October 21, 1865 in Leiden)
  • Maria Cornelia Johanna Bierens de Haan (born June 6, 1866 in Leiden, † January 20, 1941 in Utrecht) married October 25, 1888 to Baron Willem Cornelis Röell (born November 22, 1861 in The Hague, † March 18, 1937 in Utrecht )
  • Johan Catharinus Justus Bierens de Haan (born November 17, 1867 in Leiden, † December 18, 1951 in Amsterdam) became a surgeon and art collector

Works (selection)

  • Dissertatio Mathematica inauguralis de lemniscata Bernoulliana. Amsterdam 1847 ( books.google.de ).
  • De wiskunde as gedeelte van het onderwijs op gymnasiën. 1850.
  • Réduction des intégrales définies générales. Amsterdam 1857 ( books.google.de ).
  • Tables d'intégrales définies. Amsterdam 1858, Verhandelingen Koninkljike Akademie Wetenschappen, CG van der Post ( books.google.de ).
  • Gronden van de theory of bepaalde integrals. 1858.
  • Over some gevallen bij de theory van onstadige (Discontinuë) functiën. Amsterdam 1858 ( books.google.de ).
  • Mémoire sur une méthode pour deduire quelques intégrales définies. 1860 ( books.google.de ).
  • Exposé de la théorie, des propriétés, des formules de transformation et des méthodes d'évaluation des intégrales définies. 1860, 1862.
  • Het industrieel onderwijs. 1861.
  • Supplément aux tables d'intégrales définies qui forment le tome IV des mémoires de l'académie. 1864 [1861] ( books.google.de ).
  • Vorderingen in de photographic afbeelding van hemelligchamen. 1862.
  • Over de magt van het zoogenaamd onbestaanbare in de wiskunde. Deventer 1863 ( books.google.de ).
  • Overzigt van de differentiaalrekening. Leiden 1865 ( books.google.de ).
  • GJ Verdam. 1866 ( books.google.de ).
  • New tables d'integrales définies. Leiden 1867, P. Engels ( books.google.de ).
  • Het biljart. Leiden 1870 ( books.google.de ).
  • Feestviering ter eere van het vierhonderd-jarig bestaan ​​Ludwig…. 1872 ( books.google.de ).
  • Notice on Meindest Semeyns. 1873.
  • Notice on des tables logarithmiques hollandaises. 1874.
  • Over het differentieeren van some elliptical integrals. 1878.
  • Levensschets van Carel Johannes Matthes. 1882.
  • Levensschets van Isaac Paul Delprat. 1882.
  • An appendix tot de panels van onbepaalde integral. 1883, 2nd volumes.
  • Bouwstoffen voor de geschiedenis of the wis- en naturalistic wetenschappen in de Nederlanden. 1878–1887, 2nd volumes.
  • Bibliography néerlandaise historique-scientifique des ouvrages importants dont les auteurs sont nés aux 16e, 17e et 18e siècles, sur les sciences mathématiques et physiques avec leurs applications. 1883 ( archive.org ).
  • Levensbericht van FJ van den Berg, written en lijst zijner. 1895.

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personal data
SURNAME Bierens de Haan, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch mathematician and science historian
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1895
Place of death Suffer