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Adriaen Verwer
Adriaen Verwer (Rotterdam, c.1655–Amsterdam, 1717) was a Dutch Mennonite merchant, scholar, philosopher and linguist. He wrote books on language, religion and maritime law. He is best known for his grammar "Linguae Belgicae", published anonymously in 1707. He is often regarded as the linguistic mentor of his younger friend Lambert ten Kate.
Life.
Adriaen Pietersz. Verwer was born in Rotterdam in about 1655, the son of Pieter Adriaensz. Verwer. In 1680 he moved to Amsterdam, where
His copy of the first edition of the "Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica" (1687), extensively annotated in his hand, is preserved in the Universiteitsbibliotheek Utrecht.
Adriaen Verwer died in Amsterdam on 31 March 1717.
Published works.
The published works of Adriaen Verwer include:
- " 't Mom-Aensicht Der Atheistery Afgerukt door een Verhandeling van den Aengeboren Stand Der Menschen, Vervattende niet alleen een Betoogh van de Rechtsinnige Stellinge, maer ook voornamentlijk een Grondige Wederlegging van de tegenstrijdige Waen-gevoelens en in't