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gift Joachim Alting
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Abel Coenders van Helpen
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(1564-1629) went into exile with his calvinist family in 1580. He studied in Bremen, Marburg, and Heidelberg. During his professional career after the Reductie of 1594 he held many positions, among others as councillor, member of the Raad van State and of the Estates-General, and burgomaster of Groningen. He fulfilled five terms as Curator of the Academy. |
Wessel Gansfort
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(Groningen 1419-1489 Groningen) was a pupil of St. Maarten's School. Later he lived in Zwolle, first as a pupil, then as a teacher at the school of the Brothers of the Common Life. In 1449-1474 he travelled through Europe, studying and teaching theology and philosophy in Cologne, Heidelberg, and Paris. After his return to the Low Countries he lived in the monastery Agnietenberg near Zwolle, in the monastery at Aduard and in the town of Groningen. He died in the Rode Weeshuis (Red Orphanage) in Groningen and was buried in the Martinikerk. Gansfort's Opera omnia were published in Groningen in 1614 to celebrate the foundation of the Academy. |
Mello Brunsema
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(Appingedam 1557-1611 [Groningen?]) took his law degree in Leiden in 1585. In 1595, when plans were made to establish a university, he was invited by the magistrates of Groningen to give a series of lectures on the Institutiones, a manual of Roman law. In fact, this meant that he was appointed professor of Roman law. Brunsema's appointment was terminated in 1598. In 1601, he was nominated inspector of the administration of ecclesiastical properties in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. ( See also ) |
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(1556-1625) was one of the burgomasters of the town from 1594, the year of the Reductie, until his dismissal in 1601. He was reappointed in 1608. Alting was chairman of the Commission that prepared the foundation of the Academy, and Curator in 1616-1617 and 1620-1621. His portrait is in the Curators' Room of the Academy Building. |
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Donations and legacies Donations were very important for the growth of early
modern libraries, without a fixed budget, including the one in Groningen.
To thank these benefactors and to incite others to follow their example,
the names of donors were entered in the catalogues. An appropriate note
was made in the books as well. Significantly, one of the library rules of
1668 states that the professors, the librarian in particular, should do
their utmost to incite distinguished persons to provide generous
endowments. Moreover, the academy printer - a function that had been
created at the time of the founding of the library in 1615 - had to
present to the library a copy of every book he printed. Thus Hans Sas, the
first academy printer, donated a copy of Ubbo Emmius' Chronologicum
Novum in 1621. Donors were often eminent citizens with connections to
the new university. Undoubtedly, there have been deliberations on the
choice of books with the professors and the librarian. |