Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen

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Volkert van der Willigen

Volkert Simon Maarten van der Willigen also Volcardus Simon Martinus van der Willigen (born May 9, 1822 in Rockanje , † February 19, 1878 in Haarlem ) was a Dutch mathematician , physicist and professor.

Volkert was a son of Vicar Johannes van der Willigen (1777-1857) and his wife Gerarde Maria Elsabé Bodde (1795-1865). He was a nephew of the Dutch patriot and author Adriaan van der Willigen . Volkert studied at the Hoogeschool Leiden (today's University of Leiden ) and received his doctorate in 1847 with his dissertation De aberratione lucis . After his doctorate he became a teacher at the Latin School in Amsterdam . In 1848 he was appointed professor at the Athenaeum Illustre in Deventer . In 1857 he was appointed a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences .

After the Athenaeum Illustre von Deventer was closed in 1864, he became curator of the physical cabinet of the Teylers Museum in Haarlem , where Jacob Gijsbertus Samuël van Breda had resigned nine months earlier. During the years as a curator, Van der Willigen has published 51 works.

As a scientist, Van der Willigen researched physical units of length and mass. He published a lot about light and the refractive index, but also about magnets. Van der Willigen was part of the Haarlem Society - he was a member of the Haarlem City Council from 1864 until his death.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical Portaal van Nederland about Van der Willigen (Dutch)
  2. ^ PC Molhuysen en PJ Blok (red.), Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (NNBW) 10th part. AW Sijthoff, Leiden 1937 - p.1219, FJHoogeveen (Dutch)
  3. ↑ Biographical Portaal Nederland about Johannes van der Willigen (Dutch)
  4. ↑ Dissertation in Google Books
  5. ↑ KNAW on Van der Willigen (Dutch)
  6. ↑ Teylers Museum on Van der Willigen (Dutch)
  7. ↑ Gerard L'E. Turner "The Practice of Science in the Nineteenth Century: Teaching and Research apparatus in the Teyler Museum" (PDF; 23.5 MB) p.14-17 (English)
personal data
SURNAME I agree, Volkert Simon Maarten van der
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willing, Volcardus Simon Martinus van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch mathematician, physicist and professor
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1822
PLACE OF BIRTH Rockanje
DATE OF DEATH February 19, 1878
Place of death Haarlem