Theodorus Schrevelius
Theodorus Schrevelius (also Dirk Schrevel) (born July 25, 1572 in Haarlem / Netherlands; † December 3, 1649 in Leiden / Netherlands) was a humanist , author and poet .
Life
Theodorus Schrevelus had studied philology at the University of Leiden since January 28, 1591 and worked 1600–1624 as headmaster in Haarlem. 1607-1618 he sat on the city council. Towards the end of this time, as a result of the resolutions of the Dordrecht Synod, the dispute over the doctrine of predestination broke out among the Reformed . Theodorus took the party of the “ Remonstrants ” or “Arminians”, who at the synod had represented a milder view of this doctrine and were therefore excluded from the synod as well as from public offices. So the rector had to leave his office.
Theodorus turned to Leiden and found his living as a tutor there. In 1625, however, he was appointed rector of the Leiden Latin School, where he was able to work until 1641.
His chronicle "HARLEMIAS", the first Dutch edition of which appeared in 1648, became very well known. In addition to this work, numerous other books have been written by him in Dutch and Latin. He also became known for a portrait that the painter Frans Hals , the founder of Dutch baroque painting, had made of him in 1617 and that was initially in the Musée du Luxembourg, Paris, and has been on view in the Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem since 2003 is. Schrevelius Strasse in Haarlem is named after him.
Theodorus had been married to Maria (also: Marijcke) van Teylingen since 1599 and had seven children, including the later classical philologist Cornelius Schrevelius .
Works, excerpt
- Trophaeum Pelusiacum , Harlem 1598
- De patientia (4 volumes), Leiden 1623
- Diatribas scholasticas , Leiden 1626
- Harlemias , De eerste stichting der Stadt Haerlem, Het toe-nemen en vergrootinge der selfden, hare strange fortuyn en avontuer in Vrede, in Oorlogh, vouchers, harde beginselen van d'eerste Reformatie, Politique Raedtslagen, Sc, Haerlem. Thomas Fonteyn, Boeck printer in de Bartel-Ioris-Straet, inde Gekroonde Druckerye. 1648
Sources and literature
- Church archives of Leiden (from 1620) and city archives of Dordrecht, Alkmaar and Harlem
- Schrevelius, Theodorus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 35, Leipzig 1743, column 1178.
- Abraham Jakob van der Aa : Nieuw biographical, anthologically en critisch woordenboek van Nederlandsche Dichters . Deel 3, 1846
- H. van de Venne: Sol et sal vitae amicitia. Het album amicorum van Theodorus Schrevelius 1597–1602 . With an overzicht van zijn leven en werken, Amersfoort 2008
- Johannes Baptista Rietstap : Armorial Général. Nouv. Edition , Amsterdam 1875
- F. Jos. van den Branden, JG Frederiks: Biographical woordenboek of Noord- en Zuidnederlandsche letterkunde , 1888–1891
- DJM Wüstenhoff: De Alkmaarsche Familie van Teylingen , Van Beresteyn, Alkmaar o. J. (1912)
- Ernst Walter Röhrig: On the history of the Wesenfeld family , Volume II, Barmen 1929, p. 27
- Erbslöh Archive , Julius Erbslöh Family Association, Springe 2008
Web links
- Theodorus Schrevelius in the Digitaal Wetenschapshistorisch Centrum of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences
- Theodorus Schrevelius in the family history Erbslöh
- Portrait of Theodorus Schrevelius in the Frans-Hals-Museum in Haarlem
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schrevelius, Theodorus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dirk Schrevel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch humanist, poet and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1572 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1649 |
| Place of death | Suffer |