Pieter Teyler van der Hulst
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst (born March 25, 1702 in Haarlem ; † April 8, 1778 ibid) was a Dutch cloth manufacturer and collector. The oldest public museum in his country, the Teylers Museum, goes back to Teyler .
Life
Pieter Teyler van der Hulst had Scottish ancestors who originally spelled "Taylor". He was a son of Isaac Teyler and Marie van der Hulst. His marriage to Helene Veynan's Verchane had two sons, but both of them died in childhood. Pieter Teyler van der Hulst put on extensive collections of objets d'art, natural objects and scientific instruments that travelers could view with him. In his will he donated it to a museum that opened in Haarlem in 1784 . Martinus van Marum was the founding director of Teyler's Museum .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original dated August 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ulrike Leuschner (ed.), Johann Heinrich Merck. Correspondence, Volume 3, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-8353-0105-4 , p. 537.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Teyler van der Hulst, Pieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch collector, manufacturer and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1778 |
| Place of death | Haarlem |