Frans Burman (theologian, 1671)

Frans Burman (2)

Frans Burman , also Frans Burmann (born May 15, 1671 in Utrecht , † September 22, 1719 ibid) was a Dutch Reformed theologian.

Life

The son of the Utrecht theology professor Frans Burman (1628–1679) and his wife Maria Heydanus, who came from a Dutch scholarly family, attended the Latin school in Utrecht and the Latin school in Alkmaar with Johann Georg Graevius . On January 7, 1688 he began at the University of Leiden with Burchard de Volder (1643-1709) philosophical and mathematical studies. At the University of Utrecht he attended the theological lectures of Hermannus van Halen and Hermann Witsius and from 1692 at the University of Franeker that of Campegius Vitringa the Elder , Johannes van der Waeijen (1639–1701) and Hermann Alexander Roëll . He also completed oriental language studies with Jacob Rhenferd (1654–1712). He attended further lectures in Groningen with Johannes Braun (1628–1708), in Dordrecht with Salomon van Til (1643–1713) and in Amsterdam with Petrus Francius (1645–1704).

After his studies, Burman became pastor in Koudum in 1695 and went to Brielle in 1698 in the same capacity . In 1702 he became an embassy preacher in England. Here he continued his studies at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge , where he also visited the libraries and made himself familiar with the local scholars. The travel journal he wrote at the time was published in 1828 by Abraham Capadose. The following year he returned home, where he was confirmed as pastor in Enkhuizen on July 6, 1703 . Two years later he went to Amsterdam as a pastor, where he gave his introductory sermon on May 13, 1705.

On November 5, 1714 he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Utrecht and on January 11, 1715 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in theology. On February 26, 1715 he took up his professorship with the speech Theologus, sive de iis quae ad verum et consummatum theologum requiruntur . In Utrecht he was rector of the Alma Mater in 1718/19 , which office he resigned with the speech Oratio de persecutione Diocletiana eiusque exitu gloriosissimo (Utrecht 1719). The theologian, who dealt with the followers of Spinozism , died of an illness after a short time.

Burman married Elizabeth Thierens on December 11, 1703 (May 31, 1677 - November 20, 1713). There were nine children from the marriage. Known from these were Johannes, Frans (4), Pieter (2) and the Amsterdam merchant Abraham.

Fonts

• Burmannorum pietas gratissimae beati parentis memoriae communi nomine exhibita, adjiciuntur mutuae Philippi Limburgi et Francisci Burmanni Epistolae. Utrecht 1701.
• The Spinosisten hoogste goed vergeleken met den Hemel op aerde van F. van Leenhof. Enkhuizen 1704.
• Vriendelijke uitnoodinge door twee brieven aan Fredericus van Leenhof gedaan, om zich te zuyveren van zyne Spinosisterije, of, om daar van overtuigt, van dezelve opregtelijk af te staan, en van hem met een letter answered, en van de hand. Enkhuizen 1705.
• De Harmonie ofte overeenstemminge of the four H. Evangelists. Amsterdam 1713.
• Dissertatio de Terrae filiis. Utrecht 1719.
• Burmanni VDM Itineris Anglicam acta diurna; nunc primum edidit, praefatus est notisque illustravit Abrahamus Capadose. Amsterdam 1828.

literature

• 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. Volume 1. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig 1750, column 1502.
• Er - Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . 1. Section, Volume 14. Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1823, p. 118 ( online )
• Barend Glasius: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederlandsche Godgeleerden. Volume 1. Muller Brothers, 's-Hertogenbosch 1851, p. 202 ( Online , Dutch)
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Volume 2, part 2. van Brederode, Haarlem 1855, p. 1600, ( online , Dutch)
• Molhuysen: Burman (Frans (2). In: Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen , Petrus Johannes Blok : Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Volume 4. AW Sijthoff's Uitgevers-Maatschappij, Leiden 1918, Sp. 352–353 ( online , Dutch)
• J. van Sluis: Burman, Franciscus. In: JW Buisman, G. Brinkman: Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme. Volume 5. Uitgeverij Kok, Kampen 2001, p. 101, ( online , Dutch)

Web link

• Catalogus Professorum Academiae Rheno-Traiectinae