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Wijnpersse family papers

 Collection
Call Number: GEN MSS 618

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of ninety-five manuscript and printed volumes, in their original bindings, created and accumulated by four members of the Wijnpersse family, relating to their scholarly careers at the Universities of Utrecht, Leiden and Groningen. Included are the major works of Dionysius van de Wijnpersse on logic and metaphysics in various annotated editions, and related writings in manuscript; the annotated books and manuscripts of Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse; several volumes of lecture notes by Dionysius van de Wijnpersse, Jr., and his thesis which was published in Leiden in 1822; and the thesis, published before 1815, of Cornelius Adrianus van de Wijnpersse.

Dates

  • 1746-1822

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The Wijnpersse Family Papers is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Rudi Thoemmes on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2007.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series: I. Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1724-1808), 1746-1806; II. Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse (1759-1842), 1788-1821; III. Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1799-1870), 1812-1822; and IV. Other Papers and Unidentified Material, 1815.

Extent

12 Linear Feet (95 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.wijnpersse

Abstract

The collection consists of ninety-five manuscript and printed volumes, in their original bindings, created and accumulated by four members of the Wijnpersse family, relating to their scholarly careers at the Universities of Utrecht, Leiden and Groningen. Included are the major works of Dionysius van de Wijnpersse on logic and metaphysics in various annotated editions, and writings related to them in manuscript form; the annotated books and manuscripts of Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse; several volumes of lecture notes by Dionysius van de Wijnpersse, Jr., and his thesis which was published in Leiden in 1822; and the thesis, published before 1815, of Cornelius Adrianus van de Wijnpersse.

Wijnpersse Family

Biographical notes drawn from The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch Philosophers (Bristol, England: Thoemmes Press, 2003), s.v. Dionysius van de Wijnpersse and Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse.

Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1724-1808)

Dionysius van de Wijnpersse, one of the most influential philosophers in The Netherlands during the second half of the eighteenth century, was born at Middelburg in 1724. He studied philosophy in Utrecht from 1741, and after 1747 he studied theology at Leiden University, attending lectures in the humanities and social sciences as well. After his studies, Van de Wijnpersse became a minister in 1749, and as soon as 1752, he was appointed Professor of Philosophy at Groningen. In the same year of his appointment, Groningen University made him Doctor of Theology h.c. In 1758-1759, he was Rector magnificus. In 1769, he was appointed in Leiden, where he taught metaphysics, ethics, and eventually philosophia experimentalis. Van de Wijnpersse's teaching left six theses and two frequently reprinted manuals to posterity.

Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse (1759-1842)

Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse was born in Groningen on 11 June 1759. He was the son of Dionysius van de Wijnpersse and Anna Diederica Thiens. He matriculated from Leiden in 1770 and 1775, and received his PhD in 1780. His life was divided between philosophy and theology. He was a Reformed minister in the villages of Nieuwveen (1782) amd IJsselmonde (1784) before being appointed as Professor of Philosophy at Groningen University. He left after two years to become a minister in Amsterdam, but was deposed in 1796 for refusing to sign a declaration of approval of the new political regime. In 1803, he was appointed as Professor extraordinarius of philosophy in Leiden. In 1822, he was granted his superannuation which he enjoyed until his death in Leiden on 22 November 1842.

Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1799-1870)

Dionysius van de Wijnpersse was the son of Samuel Johannes van de Wijnpersse.

Cornelius Adrianus van de Wijnpersse

Cornelius Adrianus van de Wijnpersse was either a cousin or brother of Dionysius van de Wijnpersse (1799-1870).

Processing Information

This collection received a basic level of processing, including rehousing and organization. Descriptive information is drawn in large part from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. In most instances, titles have been transcribed from the volumes.

Title
Guide to the Wijnpersse Family Papers
Author
by Jennifer Meehan and David Williams
Date
2008
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

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