Gerard Van Swieten and His World 1700–1772Springer Science & Business Media, 6 בדצמ׳ 2012 - 179 עמודים QU ALITIES, QUERIES, AND REPUTE Holland has bred its share of remarkable men and Gerard van Swieten was one of them. Raised in Leiden by fairly prosperous Catholic parents, educated at Louvain and Leiden, acknowledged as one of the most gifted pupils of the famed scientist Herman Boerhaave, and an eminent doctor in his native city for many years, he became chief physician at the Court of Vienna, director of the Imperial Library, head of both the Vienna Medical Faculty and the Censorship Commission, and trusted councillor of the Empress Maria Theresa. There is a short street in Leiden that presently honors his name and his figure is one of those surrounding the Empress on her imposing memorial in Vienna. What sort of man was this who travelled so far? What achievements, what qualities deserve such remembrances? Why a study of his life? Gerard van Swieten worked no miracles. He accomplished no "diplo matic revolution," commanded no victorious army, helped to change no political boundary, wrote no literary masterpiece, proposed no radically new or notable scientific theory. More of an organizer than an innovator, more of an administrator than an orginator, he was content to compile, to put together, to comment upon, to explain the discoveries of others and to manipulate the given situations presented to him. He seldom initiated. He followed through. |
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... Austrian - American Education- al Commission , for helpful introductions ; to Dr. Christiane Thomas , Hr . V. B. Pillich , and other members of the staff of the Staatsarchiv for their extremely valuable assistance ; and to Prof. F ...
... Austrian - American Education- al Commission , for helpful introductions ; to Dr. Christiane Thomas , Hr . V. B. Pillich , and other members of the staff of the Staatsarchiv for their extremely valuable assistance ; and to Prof. F ...
עמוד 2
... Austrian Enlightenment . His activities in Vienna , his efforts on behalf of the Empress and her program , require a description of that monarch and some analysis of the position of her monarchy . It is now nearly two centuries since ...
... Austrian Enlightenment . His activities in Vienna , his efforts on behalf of the Empress and her program , require a description of that monarch and some analysis of the position of her monarchy . It is now nearly two centuries since ...
עמוד 3
... Austria . In the mid - eighteenth century there occurred in the Empire a crisis – a dynastic , political , and social crisis – which threatened the very sur- vival of the Habsburg domain . No sooner had she ascended the throne than ...
... Austria . In the mid - eighteenth century there occurred in the Empire a crisis – a dynastic , political , and social crisis – which threatened the very sur- vival of the Habsburg domain . No sooner had she ascended the throne than ...
עמוד 6
... Austrian culture as well as the history of religion and medi- cine require an assessment of his work . A fair interpretation of the modernization of western society must include an acknowledgment of the part he played . And justice ...
... Austrian culture as well as the history of religion and medi- cine require an assessment of his work . A fair interpretation of the modernization of western society must include an acknowledgment of the part he played . And justice ...
עמוד 7
... Austrian histories of the period are also likely to notice Van Swieten , as : J. Alexander Mahan , Maria Theresa of Austria ( New York , 1932 ) ; Mary Maxwell Moffat , Maria Theresa ( London , 1911 ) ; Constance Lily Morris , Maria ...
... Austrian histories of the period are also likely to notice Van Swieten , as : J. Alexander Mahan , Maria Theresa of Austria ( New York , 1932 ) ; Mary Maxwell Moffat , Maria Theresa ( London , 1911 ) ; Constance Lily Morris , Maria ...
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