David van Royen

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David van Royen (born December 30, 1727 in Leiden , † April 29, 1799 ibid) was a Dutch botanist and doctor . Its botanical author abbreviation is " D.Royen ".

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David van Royen was the son of his father of the same name, David van Royen (1699–1764) and Catharina van den Bergh. At the age of thirteen he was enrolled at the University of Leiden on March 11, 1740 , where he had studied medical sciences. On August 24, 1752 he received his doctorate in medicine with the treatise de Intestinis crassis, multorum malorum causa et sede . On April 22, 1754 he was appointed professor of botany by the curators of the Leiden University and took over the office on June 14, 1754 with the introductory speech De hortis publicis praestantissimis scientiae Botanicae adminiculis .

He also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1762/1763 , which position he resigned with the speech De hodierna rei Herbariae excolendae ratione, ad certitudinem et evidentiam in ea consequendam egregie comparata . On June 1, 1786, he resigned from his teaching post. His successor was Sebald Justinus Brugmans . David van Royen was a member of the Royal Society from December 6, 1759 .

His marriage on August 21, 1759 in Delft to Barbara van der Burch (* December 17, 1724, † April 12, 1768 in Leiden), the daughter of the secretary of the orphanage in Delft Jan van der Burch and his wife Maria van Royen, remained childless.

Fonts (selection)

  • Specimen medicum inaugurale de intestinis crassis multorum malorum caussa et sede, quod ... pro gradu doctoratus summisque in medicina honoribus ... eruditorum examini submittit David Van Royen, ... on August 24th 1752 ... S. Luchtmans & Sohn, Leiden 1752 - dissertation
  • Davidis van Royen Oratio de hortis publicis: praestantissimus scientiae botanicae adminiculis, habita XIV. Junii MDCCLIV. quum ordinariam botanices professionem in Batava, quae Leidae est, Academia auspicaretur . Samuel Luchtmans, Leiden 1754
  • Novae plantae Schwenckia dictae a celeb. C. Linnæo = Korte beschryving en afbeelding van een nieuw gewas en deszelfs kenteekens, or Schwenckia by den hooggeleerden heer C. Linnæus . J. van Karnebeek, 1766

literature

  • Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical woordenboek der Nederlanden: bevattende levensbeschrijvingen van zoodanige people who zich op eenigerlei wijze in ons vaderland vermaard made . Volume 16, p. 62, Van Brederode, Haarlem 1875
  • Matthijs Siegenbeck: Geschiedenis of the Leidsche hoogeschool: van hare oprigting in den jare 1575, tot het jaar 1825 . 1832, pp. 205-206, online
  • Willem Marie Catharinus Regt : ROYEN (David van) (2) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 10. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 848 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1937, reprinted unchanged).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ G. du Rieu: Album studiosorum Academiae Lugduno-Batavae 1575-1875. Martin Nijhoff, The Hague, 1875.
  2. ↑ Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen: Album Promotorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae 1675-1812. The Hague, 1913-1924.
  3. ↑ CA Siegenbeek van Heukelom-Lamme: Album Scholasticum Academiae Lugdono-Batavae MDLXXV-MCMXL. Brill Archive, Leiden, 1941
  4. ^ Entry on Royen; David van (? 1727-1799) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London

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personal data
SURNAME Royen, David van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roijen, David van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch medic and botanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 30, 1727
PLACE OF BIRTH Suffer
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1799
Place of death Suffer