List of rectores magnifici of Leiden University
This is a list of chancellors (rectores magnifici) of Leiden University, as from 1575. Three Nobel laureates are among these chancellors: Hendrik Lorentz, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Willem Einthoven.
16th century[]
1575–1600[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1575–1576 | |||
1576–1577 | |||
1577–1578 | |||
1578–1579 | |||
1579–1580 | Justus Lipsius | ||
1580–1581 | Justus Lipsius | ||
1581–1582 | |||
1582–1583 | |||
1583–1584 | Johannes Heurnius | ||
1584–1585 | Johannes Heurnius | ||
1585–1586 | Adrianus Saravia | ||
1586–1587 | Adrianus Saravia | ||
1587–1588 | Justus Lipsius | ||
1588–1589 | Justus Lipsius | ||
1589–1590 | |||
1590–1591 | |||
1591–1592 | Also: Thomas Zoesius or Thomas van Soest | ||
1592–1593 | Johannes Heurnius | ||
1593–1594 | Johannes Heurnius | ||
1594–1595 | |||
1595–1596 | |||
1596–1597 | |||
1597–1598 | Franciscus Gomarus | ||
1598–1599 | Franciscus Gomarus | ||
1599 | |||
1599–1600 | Johannes Heurnius | ||
1600–1601 | Johannes Heurnius |
17th century[]
1601–1620[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1601–1602 | Pieter Pauw | ||
1602–1603 | Paulus Merula | ||
1603–1604 | |||
1604–1605 | |||
1605–1606 | Jacobus Arminius | ||
1606–1607 | Pieter Pauw | ||
1607–1608 | Rudolph Snellius | ||
1608–1609 | |||
1609–1610 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ||
1610–1611 | Rudolph Snellius | ||
1611–1612 | Rudolph Snellius | ||
1612–1613 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ||
1613–1614 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1614–1615 | Pieter Pauw | ||
1615–1616 | |||
1616–1617 | Willem van der Codde | ||
1617–1618 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1618–1619 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1619–1620 | |||
1620–1621 |
1621–1640[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1621–1622 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ||
1622–1623 | Aelius Everhardus Vorstius | ||
1623–1624 | Petrus Cunaeus | ||
1624–1625 | Petrus Cunaeus | ||
1625–1626 | Antonius Walaeus | ||
1626–1627 | Antonius Walaeus | ||
1627–1628 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1628–1629 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1629–1630 | Franco Burgersdijk | ||
1630–1631 | Franco Burgersdijk | ||
1631–1632 | |||
1632–1633 | Petrus Cunaeus | ||
1633–1634 | Antonius Thysius | ||
1634–1635 | Franco Burgersdijk | ||
1635–1636 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1636–1637 | Adolphus Vorstius | ||
1637–1638 | Petrus Cunaeus | ||
1638–1639 | Constantine L'Empereur | ||
1639 | Antonius Walaeus | ||
1639–1640 | |||
1640–1641 | Johannes Polyander |
1641–1660[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1641–1642 | Otto Heurnius | ||
1642–1643 | Jacobus Golius | ||
1643–1644 | Jacobus Trigland | ||
1644–1645 | |||
1645–1646 | Johannes Polyander | ||
1646–1647 | |||
1647–1648 | Friedrich Spanheim | ||
1648–1649 | Otto Heurnius | ||
1649–1650 | Arnold Vinnius | ||
1650–1651 | Jacobus Trigland | ||
1651–1652 | Jacobus Golius | ||
1652–1653 | Adolphus Vorstius | ||
1653–1654 | |||
1654–1655 | Abraham Heidanus | ||
1655 | |||
1655–1656 | Joannes Antonides Van Der Linden | ||
1656–1657 | Jacobus Golius | ||
1657 | Arnold Vinnius | ||
1657–1658 | |||
1658–1659 | |||
1659–1660 | Johannes Cocceius | ||
1660–1661 | Adolphus Vorstius |
1661–1680[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1661–1662 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius | ||
1662–1663 | Abraham Heidanus | ||
1663–1664 | |||
1664–1665 | Johannes Hoornbeek | ||
1665–1666 | Jacobus Golius | ||
1666–1667 | |||
1667–1668 | |||
1668–1669 | Johannes Cocceius | ||
1669–1670 | Franciscus Sylvius | ||
1670–1671 | Johann Friedrich Gronovius | ||
1671–1672 | Abraham Heidanus | ||
1672–1673 | |||
1673–1674 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ||
1674–1675 | |||
1675–1676 | Johann Friedrich Böckelmann | ||
1676–1677 | |||
1677–1678 | |||
1678–1679 | |||
1679–1680 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ||
1680–1681 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger |
1681–1700[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1681–1682 | Johannes Voet | ||
1682–1683 | |||
1683–1684 | Antonius Hulsius | ||
1684–1685 | |||
1685–1686 | |||
1686–1687 | Johannes Voet | ||
1687–1688 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ||
1688–1689 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ||
1689–1690 | |||
1690–1691 | Paul Hermann | ||
1691–1692 | |||
1692–1693 | Friedrich Spanheim the Younger | ||
1693–1694 | |||
1694–1695 | Charles Drelincourt (1633-1697) | ||
1695–1696 | |||
1696–1697 | Govert Bidloo | ||
1697–1698 | Burchard de Volder | ||
1698–1699 | Gerhard Noodt | ||
1699–1700 | |||
1700–1701 |
18th century[]
1701–1720[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1701–1702 | |||
1702–1703 | |||
1703–1704 | Jacobus Gronovius | ||
1704–1705 | Salomon van Til | ||
1705–1706 | Gerhard Noodt | ||
1706–1707 | |||
1707–1708 | Perizonius | ||
1708–1709 | |||
1709–1710 | Johannes Voet | ||
1710–1711 | Bernhardus Albinus | ||
1711–1712 | Jacobus Gronovius | ||
1712–1713 | |||
1713–1714 | |||
1714–1715 | Herman Boerhaave | ||
1715–1716 | |||
1716–1717 | |||
1717–1718 | |||
1718–1719 | |||
1719–1720 | Pieter Burman the Elder | ||
1720–1721 |
1721–1740[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1721–1722 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius | ||
1722–1723 | |||
1723–1724 | Willem Jacob 's Gravesande | ||
1724–1725 | |||
1725–1726 | |||
1726–1727 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | ||
1727–1728 | Jacobus Wittichius | ||
1728–1729 | |||
1729–1730 | |||
1730–1731 | Herman Boerhaave | ||
1731–1732 | Pieter Burman the Elder | ||
1732–1733 | |||
1733–1734 | |||
1734–1735 | |||
1735–1736 | Jacobus Wittichius | ||
1736–1737 | |||
1737–1738 | Johann Jacob Vitriarius | ||
1738–1739 | Bernhard Siegfried Albinus | ||
1739–1740 | |||
1740–1741 |
1741–1760[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1741–1742 | |||
1742–1743 | Adriaan van Royen | ||
1743–1744 | Pieter van Musschenbroeck | ||
1744–1745 | |||
1745–1746 | |||
1746–1747 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ||
1747–1748 | Tiberius Hemsterhuis | ||
1748–1749 | Johannes Alberti | ||
1749–1750 | |||
1750–1751 | |||
1751–1752 | |||
1752–1753 | |||
1753–1754 | |||
1754–1755 | |||
1755–1756 | |||
1756–1757 | |||
1757–1758 | | | ||
1758–1759 | Adriaan van Royen | ||
1759–1760 | Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand | ||
1760–1761 | Jan Jacob Schultens |
1761–1780[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1761–1762 | |||
1762–1763 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ||
1763–1764 | |||
1764–1765 | |||
1765–1766 | |||
1766–1767 | |||
1767–1768 | David Ruhnken | ||
1768–1769 | |||
1769–1770 | |||
1770–1771 | Adriaan van Royen | ||
1771–1772 | Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer | ||
1772–1773 | |||
1773–1774 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ||
1774–1775 | Hieronymus David Gaubius | ||
1775–1776 | |||
1776–1777 | |||
1777–1778 | |||
1778 | |||
1778–1779 | |||
1779–1780 | |||
1780–1781 |
1781–1800[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1781–1782 | |||
1782–1783 | Eduard Sandifort | ||
1783–1784 | Adriaan Kluit | ||
1784–1785 | |||
1785–1786 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ||
1786–1787 | |||
1787–1788 | Henry Albert Schultens | ||
1788–1789 | |||
1789–1790 | |||
1790–1791 | |||
1791–1792 | Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel | ||
1792–1793 | |||
1793–1794 | |||
1794–1795 | Jean Luzac | ||
1795–1796 | |||
1796–1797 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ||
1797–1798 | |||
1798–1799 | Johannes van der Palm | ||
1799–1800 | |||
1800–1801 |
19th century[]
1801–1820[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1801–1802 | |||
1802–1803 | Eduard Sandifort | ||
1803–1804 | |||
1804–1805 | |||
1805–1806 | |||
1806–1807 | |||
1807–1808 | |||
1808–1809 | | | ||
1809–1810 | Matthijs Siegenbeek | ||
1810–1811 | |||
1811–1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ||
1812 | Sebald Justinus Brugmans | ||
1813–1816 | Joan Melchior Kemper | ||
1816–1817 | |||
1817–1818 | |||
1818–1819 | Johannes van der Palm | ||
1819–1820 | |||
1820–1821 |
1821–1840[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1821–1822 | |||
1822–1823 | |||
1823–1824 | Matthijs Siegenbeek | ||
1824–1825 | |||
1825–1826 | |||
1826–1827 | |||
1827–1828 | |||
1828–1829 | Jan Bake | ||
1829–1830 | |||
1830–1831 | |||
1831–1832 | |||
1832–1833 | Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt | ||
1833–1834 | |||
1834–1835 | [1] | ||
1835–1836 | |||
1836–1837 | [2] | ||
1837–1838 | |||
1838–1839 | Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp | ||
1839–1840 | |||
1840–1841 | Johan Rudolph Thorbecke |
1841–1860[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1841–1842 | Johan Frederik van Oordt | ||
1842–1843 | Jan van der Hoeven | ||
1843–1844 | |||
1844–1845 | |||
1845–1846 | |||
1846–1847 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ||
1847–1848 | |||
1848–1849 | |||
1849–1850 | |||
1850–1851 | |||
1851–1852 | |||
1852–1853 | |||
1853–1854 | |||
1854–1855 | |||
1855–1856 | |||
1856–1857 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ||
1857–1858 | Frederik Kaiser | ||
1858–1859 | |||
1859–1860 | |||
1860–1861 |
1861–1880[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1861–1862 | Abraham Kuenen | ||
1862–1863 | Pieter Rijke | ||
1863–1864 | Carel Gabriel Cobet | ||
1864–1865 | |||
1865–1866 | |||
1866–1867 | |||
1867–1868 | Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar | ||
1868–1869 | Reinhart Dozy | ||
1869–1870 | |||
1870–1871 | |||
1871–1872 | |||
1872–1873 | David Bierens de Haan | ||
1873–1874 | |||
1874–1875 | |||
1875–1876 | |||
1876–1877 | Jan Hendrik Scholten | ||
1877 | |||
1877–1878 | Robert Fruin | ||
1878–1879 | Anthony Modderman | ||
1879–1880 | Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern | ||
1880–1881 |
1881–1900[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1881–1882 | Michael Jan de Goeje | ||
1882–1883 | |||
1883–1884 | |||
1884–1885 | |||
1885–1886 | |||
1886–1887 | H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen | ||
1887–1888 | Samuel Siegmund Rosenstein | ||
1888–1889 | |||
1889–1890 | |||
1890–1891 | |||
1891–1892 | |||
1892–1893 | Cornelis Petrus Tiele | ||
1893–1894 | |||
1894–1895 | |||
1895–1896 | Karl Martin | ||
1896–1897 | |||
1897–1898 | |||
1898–1899 | P. J. Cosijn | ||
1899–1900 | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz | ||
1900–1901 | (J.Azn.) |
20st century[]
1901–1920[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1901–1902 | |||
1902 | |||
1903 | |||
1903–1904 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | ||
1904–1905 | |||
1905–1906 | Willem Einthoven | ||
1906–1907 | |||
1907–1908 | |||
1908–1909 | |||
1909–1910 | |||
1910–1911 | Petrus Johannes Blok | ||
1911–1912 | |||
1912–1913 | |||
1913–1914 | |||
1914–1915 | |||
1915–1916 | William Brede Kristensen | ||
1916–1917 | Cornelis van Vollenhoven | ||
1917��1918 | |||
1918–1919 | |||
1919–1920 | Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis | ||
1920–1921 |
1921–1940[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1921–1922 | Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje | ||
1922 | Johannes Petrus Kuenen | ||
1922–1923 | |||
1923–1924 | |||
1924–1925 | |||
1925–1926 | Willem de Sitter | ||
1926–1927 | Eduard Meijers | ||
1927–1928 | |||
1928–1929 | Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga | ||
1929–1930 | |||
1930–1931 | J. Ph. Vogel | ||
1931–1932 | |||
1932 | |||
1932–1933 | Johan Huizinga | ||
1933–1934 | |||
1934–1935 | Willem van der Woude | ||
1935–1936 | |||
1936–1937 | Jan van der Hoeve | ||
1937–1938 | |||
1938–1939 | |||
1939–1940 | |||
1940–1941 |
1941–1960[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1941-1943 | Willem van der Woude | (acting rector) Leiden University mostly closed after 27 November 1941) | |
1943-1945 | -- | (Leiden University was closed because of the German Occupation) | |
1945 | Willem van der Woude | (May–September) | |
1945–1946 | Berend George Escher | ||
1946–1947 | Rudolph Cleveringa | ||
1947–1948 | Julius Christiaan van Oven | ||
1948–1949 | |||
1949–1950 | |||
1950–1951 | |||
1951–1952 | Julius Herman Boeke | ||
1952–1953 | J.J.L. Duyvendak | ||
1953–1954 | |||
1954–1955 | |||
1955–1956 | Anton Eduard van Arkel | ||
1956–1957 | |||
1957–1958 | |||
1958–1959 | Herman Johannes Lam | ||
1959–1960 | |||
1960–1961 | [3] |
1961–2000[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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1961–1962 | |||
1962–1963 | |||
1963–1964 | |||
1964–1965 | |||
1965–1966 | |||
1966–1967 | [4] | ||
1967–1968 | |||
1968–1969 | Ezn. | ||
1969–1970 | |||
1970–1971 | |||
1971–1972 | |||
1972–1976 | |||
1976–1979 | |||
1979–1985 | |||
1985–1991 | |||
1991–1997 | |||
1997–2001 | Willem Albert Wagenaar |
21st century[]
Period | Name | Image | Additional info |
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2001–2007 | Douwe Breimer | Also chairman of the college van bestuur | |
2007–2013 | Paul F. van der Heijden | Also chairman of the college van bestuur | |
2013-2021 | Carel Stolker | Also chairman of the college van bestuur | |
2021- |
See also[]
Literature[]
- Harm Beukers [et al].: Album Scholasticum academiae Lugduno-Batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX. (1575–1989), Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden, 1991
- R.E.O. Ekkart: Athenae Batavae. De Leidse Universiteit / The University of Leiden 1575-1975. Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1975. ISBN 90-6021-222-3
- Icones Leidenses. Leiden, Universitaire Pers, 1973. ISBN 9060211839
References[]
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