Jacob Nieuwenhuis

Jacob Nieuwenhuis

Jacob Nieuwenhuis also: Nyegaard, Nieuwenhuijs (born October 26, 1777 in Alkmaar , † April 7, 1857 in de Engh near Vleuten ) was a Dutch Lutheran theologian, mathematical logician and philosopher.

Life

Jacob's father was the Danish merchant captain Jacob Severin Nyegaard (born November 12, 1746 in Hals / Denmark; † August 29, 1818 in Alkmaar), who had settled in Alkmaar as a merchant and took the name Nieuwenhuis. His mother Maria Gertrude Scholl (born August 1, 1745 in Burtscheid, † October 11, 1810 in Alkmaar) came from Germany; her parents were Zacharias Scholl (from Heimbach) and Maria Katharina Pastor (born March 17, 1709 in Burtscheid; † May 17, 1773 ibid., married January 29, 1732 in Vaals). Originally, the father had intended the son to be a trader. However, he could be convinced that Jacob could devote himself to study. After he had completed the Latin school and grammar school in Alkmaar, he was prepared for three years by Johann Wilhelm Statius Muller (1767-1836).

He began his philosophical and theological studies in 1796 at the University of Tübingen , where he also enjoyed studying mathematics and physics. Here he attended lectures by Gottlob Christian Storr , Johann Friedrich Flatt , Christian Friedrich von Schnurrer , Johann Friedrich Gaab (1761–1832) and Christoph Friedrich von Pfleiderer as well as the private lectures of Karl Friedrich Hauber . At the end of 1798 he returned to his home in the Netherlands and was accepted as a candidate for the ministry on March 29, 1799. A year later he found a job as a Lutheran pastor in the municipality of Zutphen . In Zutphen he had given lectures on mathematics and physics at the military school there. In 1803 he moved to the Lutheran congregation in Utrecht as pastor . In 1809 he became a teacher at the Renswoude Orphanage Foundation in Utrecht and on February 28, 1811, he obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Utrecht on the subject of Quaestiones philosophicae . From 1813 he had also given lectures on the history of speculative philosophy for students in Utrecht. On March 31, 1816 he became professor of mathematics and philosophy at the Illustren Schule in Deventer , which chair he took over with the speech de varia philosophandi ratione, cum mentis humanae indole et progressibus comparata .

On February 13, 1822 the curators of the University of Leiden appointed him professor of logic and history of modern philosophy, which office he took up on July 15, 1822 Rede de praestantia Philosophiae theoreticae in dissensu Philosophorum conspicua . In Leiden he also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1833/34 . He put this task down with the speech de principiorum pugni in rebus gravissimis cautè dejudicandis . From 1826 to 1843 he was a member of the school board in Leiden, from 1829 to 1844 he was a member of the commission for the reorganization of the Lutheran Church in the Netherlands and from 1825 to 1846 curator of the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Amsterdam. After he retired from his professorship on March 29, 1843, he moved to live with his son in Engh. When he died at the family home, his body was transferred to Bilt and buried. Nieuwenhuis, who also appeared as a poet, became a member of many domestic and foreign learned societies.

These include his 1804 membership in the provincial Utrecht Society of the Arts and Sciences (Dutch: Provinciaal Utrechtsch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen ), his 1805 membership in the Batavian Society of Experimental Philosophy in Rotterdam (Dutch: Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte ), his 1811 membership in the Dutch Society of Sciences and Arts in Haarlem (Dutch: Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen ), his 1814 honorary membership of the physical and chemical society in Groningen (Dutch: Natuur- en Scheikundig Genootschap ), his 1818 membership in the Natural and Literary Society in Alkmaar (Dutch: Natuur- en Letterkundig Genootschap ), his membership in the Society of Dutch Literature in Leiden (Dutch: Maatsch appij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde ), his 1825 membership of the Dutch Society of Liberal Arts and Sciences in Amsterdam (Dutch: Hollandse Maatschappij van fraaie kunsten en wetenschappen ) and his 1833 membership of the Diligentia Society in The Hague.

family

Nieuwenhuis was married twice. His first marriage was on September 18, 1800 in Zutphen with Zutphen Carolina Wilhelmina Ferdinandine Domela (born June 18, 1777 in Braunschweig; † August 16, 1810 Utrecht) daughter of Johan Pieter Bartholomeusz Domela and Sophla Wilhelmina Elisabeth Springmann. There are six children from the marriage. His second marriage was on May 2, 1811 Anna Margaretha Elisabeth Clasina Smits van Pesch (born January 29, 1789 in Utrecht, † September 17, 1867 in Engh) daughter of the canon at St. Peter's Church in Utrecht Coenraad Smits van Pesch (* February 4, 1754 in Utrecht; † July 21, 1808 ibid.) And his wife Anna Magaretha Ravee (born March 31, 1751; † February 4, 1789). The marriage resulted in 8 children. Of his fourteen children, eight died before him. Known by the children is:

• Johann Jacob Nieuwenhuis (born June 20, 1801 - † April 25, 1802)
• Karl Gotfried Nieuwenhuis (January 4, 1803 - April 15, 1804)
• August Philip Nieuwenhuis (born January 24, 1805 - † May 16, 1832)
• Adamina Jacobus Nieuwenhuis (born March 14, 1807; † October 29, 1826) engaged to Clara Wttewaall
• Ferdinand Jacob Domela Nieuwenhuis , (born May 3, 1808 in Utrecht, † April 28, 1869 in Diepenveen) became professor in Amsterdam, married. I June 18, 1834 with Henrietta Frances Berry (* May 8, 1810 in Alphington; † May 6, 1857), married. II. August 26, 1858 with Antoinette Mariane Meijer (* August 26, 1804 - † March 23, 1886)
• Son NN. (* and † July 17, 1810)
• Coenraad Jacobus Nicolaas (born September 5, 1813 in Utrecht; † May 13, 1881ebd.) Was jur., Married. June 20, 1840 with Augusta Nyegaard (born September 26, 1818 - December 3, 1879 in Utrecht)
• Hendrik Bernhard Nieuwenhuis (born December 6, 1816 in Deventer; † November 1, 1890 in Sterrebosch in Utrecht) Dr. jur., m. June 19, 1845 in Paris with Sara Maria van Welse (May 11, 1826 - June 3, 1891)
• Dionijs Christian Nieuwenhuis (born January 20, 1819 in Deventer, † December 17, 1894 in Maartensdijk) October 11, 1844 Dr. jur. University. Suffer
• Adriaan Jacobus Nieuwenhuis (born November 15, 1820 in Deventer; † March 11, 1880 Utrecht) lawyer, m. 1854 with Madeleine Susanne Pillet (born November 29, 1832 in Paris; † June 11, 1872 ibid.)
• Daughter NN. (* April 10, 1822)
• Rachel Adamina Anna Judith Nieuwenhuis (* December 8, 1823 - May 11, 1827)
• Anthonie Nieuwenhuis (March 27, 1825 - June 16, 1827)
• Anna Jacoba Maria Geertruida (born November 26, 1826 in Leiden, † September 4, 1877 in Princenhage) married. August 3, 1848 with the pastor Jacques Jeremie Richard (* February 5, 1823 - † January 2, 1897 in Velp)

Works (selection)

Nieuwenhuis had left many articles and papers in the journals and scientific journals of his time. Therefore, only his independently published works should be included here.

• Op het eerste Eeuwgetijde der bouwing van de Kerk, ten services of the Luthersche Gemeente in Alkmaar, gevierd the XVI van Herfstmaand. Alkmaar 1792
• Wiskundig Leerboek. Zutphen 1803, 2nd vol.
• Het gewigt van den eed. Geschetst in an empty speech about Jacob V: 12. Utrecht 1803
• Handleiding dead het catechetic Onderwijs in the Christelijken Godsdienst. Zutphen 1806
• Idle speeches. Zutphen 1808
• De luisterrijke overwinning of the Bondgenooten in the Veldslag van Belle-Allianee, godsdienstig gevierd in a void over Openb. XI, 15-18. Utrecht 1815
• Oratio de varia philosophandi ratione, cum mentis humanae indole et progressibus comparata. Deventer 1817 ( online )
• Tweetal empty speeches, houden te Leyden, on the occasion of investiging en intrede des laatsten. Leiden 1828
• Initia philosophiae logicae. Leiden 1831 ( online )
• Thought about het Akademisch onderwijs the mirroring Wijsbegeerte in het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Leiden 1834
• Het leven en karakter van den beroemden engelschen Godgeleerde Dr. P. Doddridge. Nijmwegen 1837
• De Metaphysica nader toegelicht en beoordeeld door JN Leiden 1840
• Quaestiones logicae, in usum scholarum. Leiden 1842 ( online )
• Over het Godsbegrip van Krause, letter from the Heer J. Nieuwenhuis, Doctor en voormalig Hoogleeraar der wijsbegeerte. Leiden 1846
• Grondbeginselen of the human target customer, naar de leer van Dr. FC Krause, met aanteekeningen. Utrecht 1847, 2nd vol.

literature

• C. Ch. G. Visse: (NIEUWENHUIS, oorspronklijk NYEGAARD), JACOB . In: Biografisch Lexicon voor de Geschiedenis van het Nederlands Protestantisme. JH Kok, Kampen, 1978, ISBN 9024220912 , p. 215, vol. 1, p. 215
• Cornelis Willem Bruinvis: NIEUWENHUIS (Jacob) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 2. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 990–992 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1912, reprinted unchanged).
• Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1868, vol. 13, p. 231, ( online , Dutch)
• JD Domela Nieuwenhuis Nyegaard: Stamtafel van het Geschlacht Nyegaard-Nieuwenhuis, Domela Nieuwenhuis. In: Johannes Wilhelm Pont: Nieuwe bijdragen tot kennis van de geschiedenis en het wezen van het Lutheranisme in de Nederlanden. HAM Roelants, Schiedam, 1907, p. 149
• JT Bergman: Levensberigt van Jacob Nieuwenhuis. In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde. Leiden 1857, pp. 162-175 ( online )

Web link

• Jacobus Nieuwenhuis in the digital library of the Netherlands (DBNL)