Gerard Wttewaall van Wickenburgh

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Gerard Wttewaall van Wickenburgh

Gerard Wttewaall van Wickenburgh also: Gerard Wttewael (born April 26, 1776 in Utrecht , † July 6, 1839 in Wickenburgh in Houten ) was a Dutch lawyer and agricultural scientist.

Life

Gerard came from an old noble family. His father Johannes Wttewaall (born January 21, 1735 in Utrecht, † September 10, 1812 in Houten), was Mr. van Wickenburgh and had spent some time in Gorontalo . Shortly before Gerard was born, he returned to the Netherlands with his wife Clara Johanna van der Burgh (born June 10, 1743 in Malacca / Indonesia, † August 18, 1804 in Utrecht). Gerard had developed an early interest in agriculture around his father. This is evidenced, among other things, by a speech Over den landbouw der Ouden, in toepassing op den hedendaagschen landbouw (freely translated into German: About the agriculture of the elderly, adapted to current agriculture ), which he gave when he left the Hieronymus School in Utrecht. On November 11, 1795, he enrolled at the University of Utrecht as a law student. During that phase, however, it was also oriented towards the study of ancient languages ​​and philosophers. In addition, he had acquired extensive skills in the sciences of botany, physics and logic. On November 28, 1801 he received his doctorate under Cornelis Willem de Rhoer with the topic Positiones juridicae to the doctor of law.

In 1801 he was offered a professorship in law at the Illustren Schule in Deventer, which he refused as well as an offer made in 1803 as the fiscal of the Dutch fleet. Instead he accepted an office at the Shipping Court in Utrecht. After the annexation of the Netherlands by France, the old Dutch courts were dissolved and he lost his job. Since he was not ready to serve under foreign rule, he retired to his family residence in Wickenburgh. Here he devoted himself to the practice and the scientific background of agriculture. In 1808 he became a member of the Agriculture Committee in Utrecht, for which he acted as speaker. When the rinderpest broke out in Utrecht in 1813, he became its chairman and fought the epidemic with the use of his health. In 1814 he turned down an offer of a professorship in agricultural economics and botany at the University of Utrecht.

Finally, however, his friend Hendrik Willem Tydeman was able to convince him to accept a professorship for agricultural economics at the University of Leiden on July 16, 1822 . He began this with the introductory speech Over de landhuishoudkunde, uithoofde van hare belangrijkheid der bescherming van 's Rijks Regeering waardig . In his lectures he dealt with agriculture, spoke about the interrelationships between the economy and the people, dealt with the plants used in agriculture in the Netherlands, dealt with general statistics of industry and its history. He particularly liked to use the writings of Albrecht Daniel Thaer . However, he had not written much of his own. So one only knows his Bijdragen tot de staathuishoudkunde en de statistiek (Utrecht 1836, freely translated into German: Contributions to the political economy and statistics ) and a translation of Carl Ludwig Willdenow's instructions for self-study of plants , which under the Dutch title Handleiding tot de kennis der planten (1819) appeared. As editor of the magazine for the promotion of trade (Dutch: Tijdschrift ter bevordering van Nijverheid ) one knows his agricultural description of part of the province of Utrecht, between the cities of Utrecht and Wijk near Duurstede (in the 2nd part, 1st part, 1834).

In Leiden he also took part in the organizational issues of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1827/28 . He put down this task with the speech de Agricultura salutis publicae vero fundamento. Wttewaall was also a member of several learned societies of his time. So here would be his corresponding membership on October 19, 1809, as well as his extended full membership of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sciences in Amsterdam on November 26 , his membership in 1819 and chairman of the provincial Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences in 1821 (Dutch: Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen), its 1823 membership in the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden (Dutch: Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde), its 1824 membership in the Dutch Society of Sciences and Arts in Haarlem and its consultative membership in 1827 in the Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy in Rotterdam (Dutch: Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte).

family

Gerard married Bernardina Antonia Cornelia Visscher (born February 7, 1780 in Utrecht, † July 11, 1856 in Leiden) in Leiden on April 14, 1805. Children were born from marriage. We know of these:

  • Bartholomäus Willem Wttewaall (born July 16, 1807 in Utrecht; † November 18, 1890 ibid.) Married. June 30, 1841 in Leiden with Maria Cornelia Hartevelt (* December 22, 1816 in Leiden; † April 2, 1894 in Utrecht)
  • Jan Wttewaall (born September 6, 1810 in Leiden, † August 2, 1862 in Utrecht) married. on June 30, 1843 in Utrecht with Helena Emilia van Eelde (* January 2, 1821 in Utrecht; † May 19, 1866 ibid.)
  • Jacoba Henrietta Wttewall (born May 13, 1812 in Schalkwijk, † October 4, 1866 in The Hague) married. September 18, 1843 in Houten with the member of the second chamber Gijsbertus Martinus van der Linden (born September 9, 1812 in Dordrecht, † April 4, 1888 in The Hague)
  • Adriana Johanna Wttewaall (born January 19, 1814 in Houten; -?)

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SURNAME Wttewaall van Wickenburgh, Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wttewael, Gerard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer and agronomist
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1776
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH July 6, 1839
Place of death Houten