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Willem Jacob 's
Gravesande (26
September 1688 – 28
February 1742) was a
Dutch mathematician and
natural philosopher,
chiefly remembered for developing...
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colony was
initially governed from Fort
Zeelandia by
Laurens Storm van 's
Gravesande, the
governor of Essequibo. In 1750 he
appointed his son
Jonathan as Commander...
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operations were
carried out by
Gravesande,
acting as the
Secretary of the
Company under Gelskerke. Upon Gelskerke’s death,
Gravesande continued the
policy of...
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Laurens Storm van 's
Gravesande (12
October 1704 – 14
August 1775) was a
Dutch governor of the
colonies of
Essequibo and
Demerara from 1743 to 1772. He...
- Leibniz,
Johann Bernoulli, John
Theophilus Desaguliers, and
Willem 's
Gravesande. The
modern scientific consensus is that
Bessler perpetrated a deliberate...
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University were
founded in 1724, and
invited Christian Wolff and
Willem 's
Gravesande.
Peter is
primarily credited with the
modernization of the country, quickly...
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Carel Nicolaas Storm van 's
Gravesande (21
January 1841,
Breda - 7
February 1924, The Hague) was a
Dutch painter,
etcher and lithographer; ****ociated with...
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Gravesande &
Villiers 1920, p. 259:
Gedney Clark had
recently died, and his son
arrived in
Demerara to
settle the
inheritance Storm van 's
Gravesande...
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Charles Storm van 's
Gravesande (1841–1924), Bœuf à la mode, 1906, oil on canvas,
Teylers Museum, Haarlem...
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became acquainted with the
scientists Herman Boerhaave and
Willem 's
Gravesande. From mid-1739 to mid-1740
Voltaire lived largely in Brussels, at first...
