Abraham Cornelis van Bleyswyk |
January 28, 1761 |
correspondent, visitor, and distant relative |
Anthonie Heinsius |
August 3, 1720 |
friend from the Stadhuis in the 1660's who went on to become Grand Pensionary of the Republic |
Anton Ulrich von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel |
March 27, 1714 |
visitor |
Christiaan Huygens |
July 8, 1695 |
friend and colleague |
Cornelis Bontekoe |
January 13, 1685 |
visitor |
Cornelis Isaaks 's Gravesande |
December 5, 1691 |
neighbor who helped him learn anatomy and dissection techniques |
Francesco Corner |
January 1, 1734 |
visitor and correspondent |
Frederik Ruysch |
February 22, 1731 |
visitor and fellow anatomist |
Gottfried Leibniz |
November 14, 1716 |
visitor and supportive correspondant |
Govert Bidloo |
March 30, 1713 |
fellow anatomist and correspondent |
Hans Sloane |
January 11, 1753 |
visitor and editor |
Herman Boerhaave |
September 23, 1738 |
visitor and correspondent |
James II, King of England |
September 16, 1701 |
visitor when he was still Duke of York |
Johann Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg, Elector Palatine |
June 18, 1716 |
visitor and correspondent |
Johannes Swammerdam |
February 17, 1680 |
colleague from Amsterdam who visited but found him hard to reason with |
John Locke |
October 28, 1704 |
visitor |
Karl von Hessen-Kassel |
March 22, 1730 |
visitor and correspondent |
Mary, Queen of Great Britain |
December 28, 1694 |
admirer and almost visitor |
Nicolaas Hartsoeker |
December 10, 1725 |
rival over the discovery of sperm |
Pieter Rabus |
January 13, 1702 |
admirer and publisher |
Reinier de Graaf |
August 30, 1673 |
mentor who wrote the cover letter to his first letter to the Royal Society |
Theodorus Craanen |
February 27, 1688 |
friend and colleague |
Thomas Molyneux |
October 19, 1733 |
visitor |
William Molyneux |
October 11, 1698 |
visitor |