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Reinier Bontius (also: Regnerus de Bondt ; * 1576 in Leiden ; † June 23, 1623 ibid) was a Dutch medic.
Life
The second eldest son of Gerard Bontius was enrolled as a student of literature on February 12, 1590 at the University of Leiden at a young age . Here he had especially studied philosophy, mathematics and astronomy under Rudolph Snellius . At the request of his father, he occupied himself with the same, Johannes Heurnius and Petrus Paviuswith the medical sciences. After he had defended his medical treatise Theses de Pleuritide on August 28, 1599, he received his doctorate in medicine on August 16 of the same year and on October 11 of that year received an associate professorship in philosophy at the Leiden University. In addition, he gained a certain reputation as a doctor, so that the curators of the Leiden University decided to appoint him on February 8, 1606 as an extraordinary professor of medicine.
In 1617 he became a full professor of medicine, and in May 1621 he was appointed personal physician to Prince Moritz of Orange , with the later professor of medicine Adrianus van Valckenburg (Adrianus Falcoburgius; 1581-1650) continuing his lectures. He was also involved in the organizational tasks of the Leiden University and was rector of the Alma Mater from 1619 to 1621 . He did not leave any medical writings. However, he has a description of the siege of the city of Leiden from May 27th to October 3rd, 1574 under the title Verification en Ontzetting der stad Leyden, divorced in the year 1574. Beginning on May 27th, and ending on October 3rd. Zeer levendig afgebeeld door Reynerius Bontius, Treurbly-monespel, vercierd met schoone figures, en al de vertoningen, zo voor, in, as na het spel published, which experienced several editions. He found his final resting place in St. Peter's Church in Leiden .
literature
- Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem, 1854, Volume 2, Part 1, p. 835 ( online , Dutch)
- Evert Dirk Baumann: Bondt (Reinier de) . In: Petrus Johannes Blok , Philipp Christiaan Molhuysen (Ed.): Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek . Part 4. N. Israel, Amsterdam 1974, Sp. 197 (Dutch, knaw.nl / dbnl.org - first edition: AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1918, reprint unchanged).
- Bontius, Reiner. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Supplement 4, Leipzig 1754, column 196.
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1750, Vol. 1, Sp. 1244.
Web links
- Bontius in the digital library of Dutch literature (DBNL)
- Bontius in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bontius, Reiner |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reinier Bont, Regnerus de Bondt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1576 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Suffer |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1623 |
| Place of death | Suffer |