| Authorised form of name | Ruysch; Friedrich (1638 - 1731) |
| Other forms of name | Frederick |
| Ruysch, Frederik |
| Dates | 1638 - 1731 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Place of birth | The Hague, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 23 March 1638 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Date of death | 22 February 1731 |
| Occupation | Pharmacist; Physician |
| Research field | Botany |
| Obstetrics |
| Anatomy |
| Medicine |
| Activity | Education:
?Grammar school at The Hague; apprenticed to an apothecary; Leyden; MD (1664)
Career:
Opened a pharmacy at The Hague (1661); practised as a physician at The Hague (1664-1667), then at Amsterdam (1667-death); Praelector of Anatomy for the Surgeons' Guild of Amsterdam (1666-1731); moved to Amsterdam (1667); City Obstetrician of Amsterdam (1672-1712); Doctor to the Court of Justice (1679), in which capacity he gained considerable experience in forensic medicine; Professor of Botany at the Athenaeum Illustre and supervisor of the Botanical Gardens (1685), Pieter Hotton (FRS 1703) was his assistant (1692); lectured on anatomy to foreign visitors; developed a method of preserving corpses which was said to make them look most lifelike, the first adult on whom he tried it was the English Admiral Berkeley (1666); Peter the Great acquired his collection (1713) and King John Sobieski of Poland acquired a later collection which he gave to the University of Wittenberg; fractured his 'collum femoris' and died of a fever
Memberships:
Academia Leopoldina-Carolina (1705); Academie Royale des Sciences (1727) |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1715 |
| Proposer | Richard Bradley |
| Relationships | Son of Hendrik Ruysch, Secretary of the States General, and his wife, Anna van Berchem; married Maria, daughter of Pieter Post, Architect to the Prince of Orange |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; NNBW; Hirsch
Authority:
Altname from DSB
References:
Frank N Egerton, 'Richard Bradley's Relationship with Sir Hans Sloane' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 59-77 |
| Code | NA4558 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| RBO/11/94 | Account by Dr Stukeley of Frederick Ruysch's book entitled 'Adversariorum Anatomico-Medico-Chirurgicorum Decas' | 1723 |
| IM/003956 | Ruysch, Friedrich | nd |
| CLP/22ii/3 | Paper, Observations of Mr [Frederick] Ruysch's 'Adversariorum Anatomico-Medico Chirurgicorum Decas secunda' [Of opposition to surgical anatomical healing, second decade] by William Stukeley | 28 October 1720 |
| DM/5/102 | A list of benefactors to the Museum, to the value of £5 or upwards at one time | c.1737 |