- Burchard de Volder
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Burchard de Volder Born 26 June 1643
Amsterdam, NetherlandsDied 21 March 1709
Leiden, NetherlandsNationality Dutch Fields Natural philosopher Institutions University of Leiden Alma mater University of Leiden
University of UtrechtDoctoral advisor Franciscus Sylvius
Johannes de BruynDoctoral students Herman Boerhaave Burchard de Volder (26 June 1643, Amsterdam – 21 March 1709, Leiden) was a Dutch natural philosopher.
Born in a Mennonite family in Amsterdam, he first studied in Utrecht (1660) and from 1670 he studied philosophy at the University of Leiden under Franz (Franciscus Sylvius) de le Boë (Dubois). Thanks to the efforts of the Volder, a physics laboratory at the University of Leiden was established in 1675. He collected measuring instruments of all kinds and performed many physics demonstrations, particularly those illustrating the discoveries of Robert Boyle. This laboratory was unique for its time. He is further famous as one of Gottfried Leibniz's most important philosophical correspondents [1]
De Volder's work drew many foreign students. One of his most famous students was Herman Boerhaave.
References
- ^ Paul Lodge Leibniz's Close Encounter with Cartesiansim in the Correspondence with De Volder, in Leibniz and His Correspondents Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0521834104, pp 162–192
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