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Schurman, Anna Maria van (1607 - 1678)

Short name Schurman, Anna Maria van
VIAF http://viaf.org/viaf/54190263/
First name Anna Maria
Birth name Schurman
Married name
Alternative name Anna Maria Schurmanna — Anna Maria à Schurman — Anna Maria à Schuurman — Anna Maria van Schuurman
Date of birth 1607
Date of death 1678
Flourishing -
Sex Female
Place of birth Köln
Place of death Wieuwerd
Lived in Köln , Franeker , Lexmond (Zuid-Holland) , Amsterdam , Herford , Altona , Utrecht , Wierwerd , Utrecht
Place of residence notes
Mother
Father
Children
Religion / ideology Protestant
Education Educated at home, Higher education
Aristocratic title -
Professional or ecclesiastical title -
Schurman, Anna Maria van was ...
correspondent Rohan, Anne de
student of Nevius, Sara
correspondent Moore, Dorothy
related to Christina (Queen of Sweden)
correspondent Cats, Jacob
correspondent Barlaeus, Casparus
professional colleague Roemers Visscher, Anna
correspondent Rivet, Andreas
correspondent Thott, Birgitte
correspondent Hensius, Daniël
correspondent Descartes, René
collaborator and friend Moulin, Marie du
correspondent Huygens, Constantijn
friend and patron of Pfalz, Elisabeth, von der
Profession(s) Embroiderer , Painter , Philosopher , Poet , Writer , Scholar
Memberships
Place(s) of Residence Köln (1607-1613) , Franeker (1623-1626) , Lexmond (Zuid-Holland) (1660-1661) , Amsterdam (1696-1670) , Herford (1670-1672) , Altona (1672-1675) , Utrecht (1626-1669) , Wierwerd (1675-1678) , Utrecht (1615-1623)
Author of
receptions circulations
Gedichten (1632) 0 0
Inclytae antiquae urbi Traiectinae nova academia nuperrime donatae gratulatur Anna Maria à Schurman 1 0
Amica dissertatio inter Annam Mariam Schurmanniam et Andream Rivetum de capacitate ingenii muliebris ad scientias (1638) 0 0
*Lettres à Andre Rivet des 6 et 24 mars 1638 (1638)
is also a reception: comments on work De l'Egalité des hommes et des femmes
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Paelsteen van den tijt onzes levens (1639) 0 0
Dissertatio de ingenii muliebris ad doctrinam & meliores litteras aptitudine (1641) 6 0
*Lettre à Rivet (1641)
is also a reception: comments on work Le nobiltà et eccellenze delle donne e i diffetti e mancamenti de gli huomini
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Question célèbre [...] (1646) 1 0
Dissertatio num feminae christianae conveniat studium litterarum? (1648) 1 0
Opuscula Hebraea Graeca Latina et Gallica, prosaica et metrica (1648) 0 1
*Poèmes en français (1650~) 1 0
*Probable letter (1652) 0 0
Magni ac generosi animi heroinae Gornacensi causam sexus nostri fortiter defendenti gratulatur (1652)
is also a reception: is intertextual to De l'Egalité des hommes et des femmes
0 0
*Probable letter (1652) 0 0
*Vers en son honneur (1658)
is also a reception: comments on work Seneca s Skriffter
0 0
Over het droevig verval der Christenen (1660~) 0 0
Ziels-verlustiging, bestaende in verscheyden geestelyke liederen (1677) 0 0
Eucleria, seu melioris partis electio (1684) 0 0
*Lettres (1700~) 3 0

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Circulations of Schurman, Anna Maria van, the person (for circulations of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Date Type
Catalogue of Leesmuseum voor vrouwen 1886 lists person

Receptions of Schurman, Anna Maria van, the person

For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.

Title Author Date Type
Jan Lievens, portrait of Anna Maria van Schurman, 1649. 1649 is portrait of
Momenta desultoria Huygens, Constantijn 1655 comments on person
*Appreciating Schurman in a letter Moulin, Marie du 1660 comments on person
*Art. in Verstandige snapsters Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1756 comments on person
*Mention in Brief aan den Heer Denker [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1763 -
*Mention in Antwoord op: Brief van een jonge Juffer [Cornelia], wegens haare Leeszugt [unidentified author, multiple, separate records to be made] 1766 -
Voyage de Hollande Diderot, Denis 1774 comments on person
*Mention in art. on: Levensbeschryving van eenige voornaame meest Nederlandsche Mannen en Vrouwen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1775 -
*Mention in art. on Levensschetsen van Nederlandsche mannen en vrouwen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1791 -
Iets over een Grafkelder te Wieuwert, en over het Lyk van Anna Maria van Schurman Jacobus Scheltema 1804 comments on person
Iets over een grafkelder te Wieuwert, en over het lyk van Anna Maria van Schurman Jacobus Scheltema 1804 comments on person
De invloed der vrouwen op de samenleving (art. in Elegantia) Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1808 is biography of
*Mention in Beknopte geschiedenis der letteren Nicolaas Godfried van Kampen 1821 comments on person
*Contribution to Penélopé: Bij het hooren eener satyre op Nederland en de Nederlandsche vrouwen G.J. Naas 1826 -
De belangrijkste Nederlandsche Vrouwen, van vroegeren en lateren tijd... Hendrik Nicolaas van Til 1828 comments on person
*Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1828 -
*Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1834 -
Eene beschouwing der Nederlandsche vrouwen [...] Balen Blanken, Gerard Cornelis van 1836 -
*Mention in art. in De Gids Potgieter, Everardus Johannes 1837 -
*Mention in Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1843 -
*Lemma in Nieuw Biografisch ... woordenboek Aa, Abraham Jakob van der 1846 comments on person
Nieuwe Nederlandsche Chrestomatie L. Th. Zeegers 1847 comments on person
*Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1854 comments on person
Eene geruchtmakende stille; art. on: Dr. G.D.J. Schotel: Anna Maria van Schurman J.C. Kindermann 1854 comments on person
Dag-herinneringen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1856 comments on person
*title to be added Jacob van Lennep 1860 comments on person
*Twee beroemde vrouwen Polko, Elise 1865 is biography of
Nederlandsch leesboek, proza en poezij der beste Nederlandsche schrijvers Gillis Desideer Minnaert 1872 comments on person
*Mention in Ons Streven Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1873 -
Het testament van Anna Maria van Schurman Amstel, C. van 1878 comments on person
Biographie. Anna Maria van Schurman Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1884 comments on person
A.M. van Schurman in hare betrekking tot de Academie van Utrecht Servaas van Rooyen, Abraham Jacobus 1886 comments on person
*Gesch. der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Jonckbloet, W.J.A. 1889 -
*Mention in Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Jonckbloet, W.J.A. 1890 -
Beroemde Nederlandsche Vrouwen Famous Dutch Women Goeje, Reynoudina de 1893 comments on person
*Mention in Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Letterkunde Gerrit Kalff 1909 -
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 -
Vrouwenspiegel: een literair-sociologische studie over de Nederlandse romanschrijfster na 1880 Romein Verschoor, Annie 1936 comments on person

MENTIONED IN:
- Ter Laan 1941,
- Van Bork & Verkruijsse 1985 - see link DBNL
- Lauwerkrans 1997, p. 13, 37, 38, 51, 59, 60, 65, 91, 92, 150, 171, 201, 208-212, 227, 265, 289, 290, 325, 437, 509, 565, 608, 640. - see URL for Chapter about her in Women's Writing from the Low Countries
- Stouten/Goedegebuure/Van Oostrom 1999, 299.
- Van Bunge e.a., Dictionary of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch philosophers, 2003 online-portrait in DVN

"First female student of Utrecht University" (Pieta van Beek)
Supposed to have been an embroiderer (svdapr11).

Utrechtse literaire canon nr. 8 (2008).

lived in:
Franeker (Friesland, NLD)
Köln (DEU)
Lexmond (Zuid-Holland, NLD)
Netherlands
Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD)

NOT MENTIONED IN:
- Jonckbloet