Simon Speijert van der Eijk

Simon Speijert van der Eijk also: Simon Speyert van der Eyk (born March 26, 1771 in Brielle , † September 20, 1837 in Leiden ) was a Dutch poet, mathematician and physicist.

Life

The son of the mayor Adriaan Dirk van der Eyk and his wife Elisabeth Speyert received his first training at his place of birth. On September 1, 1789, he enrolled at the University of Leiden to study law. During his training he was particularly fascinated by the science lectures given by Christiaan Hendrik Damen (1754–1793) and, after his death, those by Pieter Nieuwland (1764–1794). This moved him to take a closer look at the subject. Finally he was appointed lecturer for physics and mathematics by the curators of the Leiden University on June 11, 1796. After the Senate of the university had awarded him an honorary doctorate in philosophy on June 22, 1796, he resigned his teaching post on October 8, 1796 with the speech De vi Mathesos subl. Quae cernitur in physica, astronomia an.

On June 3, 1797 he was appointed associate professor of physics and mathematics, which task he carried out on November 18, 1997 with the speech de studio Hydraulices inpr. Nostra Republ. Excolendo began. On May 31, 1799 he became a full professor of physics and mathematics, which task he took on on September 27, 1799 with the speech De utilitate et commodis ediligentius culta Math. Et physics disciplina in vitam comm .. redundantibus . From 1812 he taught mathematics and physiology at the medical faculty. After the Leiden University was rebuilt, he was confirmed in his professorship on October 16, 1815 by royal resolution. In addition, he had also participated in the organizational tasks of the university and was rector of the alma mater in 1807/08 and 1817/18 .

When he resigned from office, he gave the rector's speech in Latin de ingenii humani praestantia et sagacitate, in variis artibus et disciplinis, maxime in Mathematicis, Physicis atque Astronomicis, conspicua (Leiden 1808) and de nihilo nobis penitus cognito in rerum natura, sive natura arctis, qui humanae rerum cognitioni positi sunt, limitibus (Leiden 1818). He was also a member of learned societies. In 1806 he became a member of the Dutch Society of Sciences in Haarlem (Dutch: Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen), in 1808 a consultative member of the Batavian Society for Experimental Philosophy in Rotterdam (Dutch: Bataafsch Genootschap der Proefondervindelijke Wijsbegeerte), and a member of the Zeeland Society of Sciences in Vlissingen (Dutch: Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen) and on March 25, 1809, corresponding member of the Royal Dutch Institute of Sciences . In 1835 he retired from his professorship and died two years later.

Speijert was married to Jacobe Christiana Speecher de Bernegg. The marriage remained childless.

Works

• Institutiones physicae etc. Leiden 1800
• Beginning of the differential integraal rekening. Suffering 1803
• Oratio de ingenii humani praestantia et sagacitate, in variis artibus et disciplinis, maxime in Mathematicis, Physicis atque Astronomicis, conspicua. Leiden 1808
• Carmen de natura. Leiden 1810
• Oratio de nihilo nobis penitus cognito in rerum natura, sive de arctis, qui humanae rerum cognitioni positi sunt, limitibus. Leiden 1818
• Negotiating over het electro-magnetism. Haarlem 1823
• Poëmata de Deo et in laudem geometriae. Haarlem 1826

literature

• Abraham Jacob van der Aa : Biographical Woordenboek der Nederlanden. Verlag JJ van Brederode, Haarlem 1859, vol. 5, p. 297, ( online , Dutch)
• GCB Suringar: Het onderwijs in de Natuurkundige wetenschappen, to de Leidsche Hoogeschool, durende het dertigjarig tijdvak van 1785 - 1815. In: Nederlandsch tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde. A. Frijlink, Amsterdam, 1870, p. 20, ( online )

Web link

• Simon Speijert van der Eijk at the Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)