The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Adrian Beverland (1650 - 1716)
Dutch humanist scholar and collector-dealer of curiosities, especially prints and manuscripts. He studied philosophy and literature at the universities of Leiden, Franeker, and Utrecht, earning a doctorate in law from the latter. He visited Oxford in 1672, studying at the Bodleian Library, and was banished from Holland "a convicted immoral heretic" in 1679 for his scandalous libertine publications on human sexuality, settling permanently in England in 1680, where he joined his "good friend, the famous humanist Isaac Vossius" (Zelen, 20). Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi-org.cyber.usask.ca/10.1093/ref:odnb/101156 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Beverland Relevant locations: Birth place in Middelburg, ZeelandEducated at Leiden University, Leiden
Educated at Oxford University, Oxford
Educated at University of Franeker, Franeker
Educated at Utrecht University, Utrecht
Lived at or near London, England
Visited Oxford, Oxfordshire
Relationships: Adrian Beverland was a source of object(s) for William Courten (28 Mar 1642-26 Mar 1702)
Linked print sources: as Collector - Blinded by Curiosity: The collector–dealer Hadriaan Beverland (1650–1716) and his radical approach to the printed image.
References in Documents:
MS Book of the dean of Christ Church (MacGregor, ed.) 643b Pictura Domini Hadriani Beverlandij, quam ipse huic Museo donavit A43 Picture of Hadrian Beverland , which he himself gave to the Museum in the year 1692 .
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