Nicolaas Dedel

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Nicolaas Dedel (born January 26, 1597 in Delft , † February 28, 1646 in Leiden ) was a Dutch legal scholar.

Life

The son of the director of the East India Company in Delft Willem Joosten Dedel and his wife Ida Bruijnsdr. van der Drussen, was enrolled as a literature student at Leiden University in 1616 at the age of 17 . After he had completed a sufficient degree in Artes liberalis , he began on October 22, 1619 to study law. He finished this in May 1620 with his doctoral examination which had dealt with the subject of responsie de Fideicommissis and he was then awarded a doctorate in law on July 6 of the same year. He then worked as a lawyer in The Hague.

On May 9, 1624 he was appointed associate professor of law to Leiden, he took up the office on July 8 of the same year with the speech orationem doctam et elegantem in laudem theoriae Juris, quod illa praxi longe sit anteponenda and in this capacity taught the Institutes. On February 9, 1626 he became a full professor of law and, as such, had taken over the instruction of the Digest in 1640. Some advice has been received from his hand, also in collaboration with others. Dedel also took part in the university's organizational tasks and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1639/40 .

On July 28, 1630 in Leiden he married Maria van Bleiswijck, daughter of the Delft mayor Dirk Evertszoon van Bleiswijck and his wife Grietje Gerritsdr. Van der Eyck, as well as the widow of Cornelis van der Meer. There were three children from the marriage, but they died young.

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SURNAME Dedel, Nicolaas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dedel, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1597
PLACE OF BIRTH Delft
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1646
Place of death Suffer