Burchard de Volder

Burchard de Volder studied at Leiden University and Utrecht University. Training under Johannes de Bruin is recorded. Joseph Serrurier, Frederik Wilhelm Westhovius and Johannes Balthasar Helvetius are recorded as having studied under Burchard de Volder. The recorded working language is Dutch. The field of work recorded is natural philosophy. Employment is recorded with Leiden University. Positions recorded include rector magnificus of Leiden University.

• Name — Burchard de Volder • Born — 26 July 1643 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Dutch Republic • Place of death — Leiden, Dutch Republic • Fields — Physics • Workplaces — University of Leiden • Education — University of Utrecht (M.A., 1660) University of Leiden (M.D., 1664) • Doctoral Advisor — Franciscus Sylvius • Academic Advisors — Johannes de Bruin • Notable Students — Herman Boerhaave • Thesis1 Title — De Simplicitate Dei, Echo et Republica • Thesis1 Year — 1660 • Thesis2 Title — De Natura • Thesis2 Url — http: ilorentz.org/history/proefschriften/sources/deVolder_1664.pdf • Thesis2 Year — 1664

He was born in a Mennonite family in Amsterdam. He earned an M.A. in philosophy at the University of Utrecht under Johannes de Bruin in 1660. He earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leiden under Franciscus Sylvius in 1664. He became professor of physics at Leiden University in 1670. 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. De Volder's work drew many foreign students. One of his most famous students was Herman Boerhaave.