Burchard de Volder

Burchard de Volder
Born	26 June 1643 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died	21 March 1709 Leiden, Netherlands
Nationality	Dutch
Fields	Natural philosopher
Institutions	University of Leiden
Alma mater	University of Leiden University of Utrecht
Doctoral advisor	Franciscus Sylvius Johannes de Bruyn
Doctoral 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

External links

De Volder's Neurotree profile

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Name	Volder, Burchard De
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Date of birth	26 June 1643
Place of birth	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date of death	21 March 1709
Place of death	Leiden, Netherlands