Nicolaas Smallenburg
Nicolaas Smallenburg (born December 1, 1761 in Nootdorp , † July 20, 1836 in Warmond ) was a Dutch legal scholar.
Life
Nicolaas Smallenburg was the son of pastor Frederik Smallenburg and Agatha van Breest. He had attended the Latin school in Delft . He left this educational institution on March 12, 1779 with the speech Vitelliae, ad Lucium Junium Brutum, pro filiis perduellibus intercedentis and enrolled on March 3, 1779 as a student of literature at the University of Leiden . After initial studies with David Ruhnken , he switched to law, with Bavius Voorda becoming his formative instructor. On October 9, 1785 he received his doctorate with the legal treatise ad Fragmentum Juliani ex libro ejus 16. Digestorum, qoud exstat in leg. 7. pr. D. de Condict. Causes. Dat causs non sec. To doctorate in law.
He then worked as a lawyer in Utrecht , where he became chancellor at the capital of St. Maria and on November 22, 1786 a member of the Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences. In April 1788 he was appointed professor of Roman law at the University of Franeker , which he accepted on April 26, 1788 and took up this position on November 3 of the same year with the speech de officio ejus qui jura Romana jura feliciter tradere solet . On June 21, 1790, the curators of the University of Leiden appointed him professor of civil law, which he took over on November 1, 1790 with the speech de praeciouis elegantioris jurisprudentiae Romanae subsidiis .
From 1813 he taught the Code Napoleon and on October 16, 1815 he had received the teaching assignment for the institutes, civil and Dutch law. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the Alma Mater in 1795/96, 1805/06 and 1820/21 . When resigning from office he held the closing speeches de viro justo, civium optimo ac felicissimo (LB 1796), de eo quod pulchrum est in studio Juris Rome. (remained unprinted) and negotiate. van de lotgevallen of the Hoogeschool gedurende het afgeloopen jaar . Due to his services in the field of law he became a member of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem in 1810, on April 19, 1821 a member of the Royal Netherlands Institute third class and Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion . In 1834 he retired from his professorship and retired to his country estate in Warmond, where he died.
From his marriage on August 25, 1788 with Jacoba Rachel van de Kasteele, the daughter of pastor Wilhelm Bartholomeus van de Kasteele (* December 24, 1724 in s'Gravenhage, † April 23, 1812 in Leiden) and his wife Wilhelmina van den Meer († April 27, 1807 in Leiden), have two sons and two daughters. The youngest children Leonora Agatha, Willem Bartholomeus and Jacoba Cornelia died unmarried. His eldest son Frederik Willem Smallenburg (born August 7, 1789 in Franeker, † May 26, 1832 in Leiden), became secretary of the curators of the University of Leiden.
Works
- Diss. Ad Fragmentum Juliani ex libro ejus 16. Digestorum, qoud exstat in leg. 7. pr. D. de Condict. Causes. Dat causs non sec. Leiden 1785
- Oratio de praeciouis elegantioris jurisprudentiae Romanae subsidiis. Leiden 1791
- De viro justo, civium optimo ac felicissimo. Leiden 1796
- Primae lineae Juris civ. Belgiciinprimis secundum Codicem Napoleonticum. Leiden 1820, 1825, 1833 ( online )
- Narratio eorum, quae Academiae Lugduno-Batavae anno praeterito evenere. Leiden 1721 ( online )
- Editorships
- A. Schultingh, Notae ad titulos Digestorum de verborum significatione et regulis Juris. Edidit alque animadversiones suas adjecit NS Leiden 1799
- A. Schultingii Notae ad Digesta seu Pandectas. Edidit atquae animadversiones adjaecit suas N. Smallenburg. Leiden 1804-1835, 7th vol.
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem, 1874, vol. 17, part 2, p. 748 ( online )
- WBS Boeles: Frieslands Hoogeschool en het Rijks Athenaeum te Franeker. A. Meijer, Leeuwarden, 1889, 2nd volume, 2nd issue, p. 632
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smallenburg, Nicolaas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smallenburg, Nicolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nootdorp |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1836 |
| Place of death | Warmond |