Person Marum; Martin van (1750 - 1837) Marum Martin van Martinus van 1750 - 1837 Male Delft, Netherlands 20 March 1750 Haarlem, Netherlands 26 December 1837

Physician Natural philosophy Medicine Botany Education: MD (Groningen) Career: Practised medicine, Haarlem; Director of the Museum for Nautral History and Physical Instruments (1784); made electrical machines; Secretary of the Holl[?] Maatschappij van Wetenschappen, Haarlem (1795) Fellow 19/04/1798 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: Altname from DSB Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 p 99 References: W D Hackmann, 'The Design of the Triboelectric Generators of Martinus Van Marum, FRS. A Case History of the Interaction Between England and Holland in the Field of Instrument Design in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 163-181 Trevor H Levere, 'Friendship and Influence: Martinus van Marum, FRS' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 113-120, plate N G Coley, 'George Pearson MD, FRS (1751-1828): 'The greatest chemist in England'? in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 161-175 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 20 Mar 1750 - 26 Dec 1837 NA7437 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes d71d3bce-4b65-4b15-875c-ac6bbb566682