Person Ruysch; Friedrich (1638 - 1731) Ruysch Friedrich Frederick Ruysch, Frederik 1638 - 1731 Dutch Male The Hague, Netherlands 23 March 1638 Amsterdam, Netherlands 22 February 1731

Pharmacist; Physician Botany Obstetrics Anatomy Medicine 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) 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 Fellow 09/06/1715 Richard Bradley 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 ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-11535 23 Mar 1638 - 22 Feb 1731 NA4558 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes aa2a4266-f06d-4c10-81af-c365cf28670b