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Leiden
Leiden or Leyden , city (1994 pop. 114,892), South Holland prov., W Netherlands, on the Old Rhine (Oude Rijn) River. Manufactures include medical equipment, machinery, graphic arts, and food products. The famous State Univ. of Leiden is there (founded 1575), the oldest in the Netherlands. It was... Read more
John of Leiden
John of Leiden c.1509-1536, Dutch Anabaptist leader. His original name was Beuckelszoon, Beuckelzoon, Bockelszoon, Bockelson, Beukels, or Buckholdt. John of Leiden was attracted to the extreme left of the early Reformation movement through the influence of Thomas Münzer . In 1533 he joined ... Read more
Sir Samuel Garth
Sir Samuel Garth 1661-1719, English poet and physician, b. Yorkshire. He studied medicine at Leiden and Cambridge. His chief work is the satirical poem The Dispensary (1699), in which he advocates free dispensaries for the treatment of the poor and ridicules those who oppose them. ... Read more
Willebrord Snell
Willebrord Snell , 1591-1626, Dutch mathematician. He is generally credited with the discovery (1621) of the law of the refraction of light. In 1613 he became professor of mathematics at the Univ. of Leiden. His two chief works are Eratosthenes Batavus (1617) and Cyclometricus (1621). ... Read more
Willem Einthoven
Willem Einthoven , 1860-1927, Dutch physiologist, b. Java, M.D. Univ. of Utrecht, 1885. He was professor at the Univ. of Leiden from 1886. To measure the electric currents developed by the heart, he invented a string galvanometer and with its aid produced the electrocardiogram (EKG), a graphic recor... Read more
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes , 1853-1926, Dutch physicist. He was, from 1882, professor of physics at the Univ. of Leiden. He made important studies of the properties of helium and, in attempting to solidify it, produced a temperature within one degree of absolute zero. In the course of his low temperatur... Read more
Leyden jar
Leyden jar , form of capacitor invented at the Univ. of Leiden in the 18th cent. It consists of a narrow-necked glass jar coated over part of its inner and outer surfaces with conductive metal foil; a conducting rod or wire passes through an insulating stopper in the neck of the jar and contacts t... Read more
Benjamin Waterhouse
Benjamin Waterhouse 1754-1846, American physician, b. Newport, R.I. He studied at the universities of Edinburgh and Leiden. In 1783 he became professor on the first faculty of the Harvard medical school. In 1800 he inoculated members of his household with vaccine obtained from England, thus introdu... Read more
Jacobus Arminius
Jacobus Arminius , 1560-1609, Dutch Reformed theologian, whose original name was Jacob Harmensen. He studied at Leiden, Marburg, Geneva, and Basel and in 1588 became a pastor at Amsterdam. He undertook to defend the Calvinist doctrine of predestination against the attacks of Dirck Volckertszoon Coor... Read more
William Brewster
William Brewster 1567-1644, English separatist and Plymouth colonist. After studying briefly at Cambridge he became the chief member of the congregation at Scrooby that broke away, or separated, from the Anglican Church in 1606; the members, after their migration to Holland in 1608, were known as P... Read more

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Leiden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Leiden or Leyden , city (1994 pop. 114,892...food products. The famous State Univ. of Leiden is there (founded 1575), the oldest in...The city dates from Roman times, and Leiden has had an important textile industry since...
John of Leiden
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography John of Leiden The Dutch Anabaptist John of Leiden (1509-1536) led the Anabaptist attempt to establish by...Beuckels or Bockelszoon, John was born in a village near Leiden. He practiced various occupations, including those of tailor...
University of Leiden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition University of Leiden at Leiden, the Netherlands; founded 1575 by William the Silent, Prince of Orange. It became a state institution in the 19th cent. It has faculties of theology, law, medicine, science, arts, social science, philosophy, and geography and prehistory.
Boerhaave, Herman (1668–1738)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...minister and ended it as professor at Leiden University and communis Europae praeceptor...care for. Widow and children moved to Leiden, where student lodgers helped pay the...different direction. He graduated from Leiden in 1690 with a philosophy degree and had...
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...painter, etcher, and draftsman, b. Leiden. Rembrandt is acknowledged as the greatest...spent part of one year at the Univ. of Leiden, leaving in 1621 to study painting with...in The Tribute Money (London). The Leiden Years In 1625 Rembrandt returned to Leiden...
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...examinations to qualify for the University of Leiden. By the end of the next year he had become...Aarnhem. In June 1873 he returned to Leiden and received his doctoral degree; his...expanded in 1877. At the University of Leiden a new chair in physics was set up for...
Leyden, Jan Van
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...LEYDEN, JAN VAN (Jan Beuckelson, John of Leiden; 1509 – 1536), Dutch religious...vicinity of M ü nster. The city of Leiden in Holland was known for its cloth. When...lasted for more than a decade. Leyden fled Leiden and lived in London for a while, then...
Jan Hendrik Oort
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Prize (1920), undertook research at the Leiden Observatory (1924), and lived abroad...became an instructor at the University of Leiden, and the following year he married Johanna...observatory (1945) at the University of Leiden. In his career he was elected leader...
Pilgrims
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...reached Amsterdam. They went from there to Leiden, where they established themselves as...Mayflower, which set out alone. The Leiden group constituted only 35 of the 102 passengers...called "Strangers" ). Nonetheless, the Leiden group (the "Saints" ) retained control...
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...15 July 1606 in the university town of Leiden. The ninth child of a baker's daughter...1620, at the age of 14, he enrolled at Leiden University, where he remained for only...have started his artistic studies with a Leiden painter unknown to us today. Between...

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Leiden
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Leiden. To mark its heroic defence against the Spaniards (1574), William of Orange...by the foundation of a College for training theological students (1592), Leiden soon became a stronghold of Calvinist orthodoxy and a refuge of the English...
Factor V Leiden
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing Factor V Leiden ( ly -dĕn) n. an inherited mutation in the gene coding for coagulation Factor V, which results in an increased susceptibility to develop venous thrombosis.
Kaiser, Frederik
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Amsterdam, Netherlands, 10 June 1808; d . Leiden, Netherlands, 28 July 1872) astronomy...chiefly for his reorganization of the Leiden observatory and his work on the fundamental...In 1826 Kaiser became observer at the Leiden observatory, but the instruments were...
Musschenbroek, Petrus van
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography MUSSCHENBROEK, PETRUS VAN ( b . Leiden, Netherlands, 14 March 1692; d . Leiden, 19 September 1761) physics . Musschenbroek belonged...from near Tournai in Hainaut and who settled at Leiden in the latter part of the sixteenth century. His...
Boerhaave, Hermann
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Netherlands, 31 December 1668; d . Leiden, Netherlands, 23 September 1738) medicine...married Eva Dubois, the daughter of a Leiden clergyman, who proved to be a devoted...spent three years in the grammar school in Leiden. Boerhaave ’ s father died...
Horne (Hornius), Johannes Van
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Netherlands, ca . 2 September 1621; d . Leiden, Netherlands, 5 January 1670) anatomy...He matriculated at the University of Leiden at the age of fifteen, on 10 September...Netherlands, van Horne asked the governors of Leiden University for permission to give anatomical...
Hortensius, Martinus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...b . Delft, Netherlands, 1605; d , Leiden, Netherlands, 7 August 1639) astronomy...Beeckman and Snell and was a student at Leiden and Ghent from 1628 to 1630. During this...theory. He traveled often to Delft, Leiden, and The Hague, and later gave courses...
Pannekoek, Antonie
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...youth, Pannekoek studied astronomy at Leiden University. He began his career in 1895 as a geodesist and became observer at the Leiden observatory in 1898, but he grew disenchanted...continuing his lectures on Marxism at Leiden. His nomination as a vice-director...
’sGravesande, Willem Jacob
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Netherlands, 26 September 1688; d . Leiden, Netherlands, 28 February 1742) physics...encourage his natural mathematical gifts. At Leiden University (1704 – 1707) he...x2019; sGravesande was called to Leiden as professor of mathematics and astronomy...
Kuenen, Johannes Petrus
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Kuenen, Johannes Petrus ( b Leiden, Netherlands, 11 October 1866; d . Leiden, 25 September 1922) physics. Johan Kuenen was...Kuenen, professor of theology at the University of Leiden and Wiepkju Muurling, a daughter of W. Muurling...

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Leiden University, Netherlands, expands its relationship by outsourcing to Blackboard's ASP Datacentre; Leiden appoints Blackboard to ensure 24x7x365 availability for students and staff.
M2 Presswire; 5/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...PRESSWIRE-9 May 2007-Blackboard Inc.: Leiden University, Netherlands, expands its...outsourcing to Blackboard's ASP Datacentre; Leiden appoints Blackboard to ensure 24x7x365...education community, today announced that Leiden University--one of Europe's top universities...
Leiden's Palette of the Past; Picture This: Cobblestones, Canals and Art Through the Ages
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/27/1987; ; 700+ words ; You can leave a main street in Leiden, head down one of the many tiny, twisting...that nothing has changed. It's as if Leiden, a small Dutch city about 25 miles southwest...under the centuries-old exterior of Leiden, you will find much more. The city is...
Factor V Leiden and Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage.
Newspaper article from: Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine Reports; 1/1/1998; 700+ words ; Factor V Leiden and Neonatal Intracranial Hemorrhage ABSTRACT...infarction were shown to have factor V leiden mutation. Those and other "hypercoagulable...Source: Thorarensen O, et al. Factor V leiden mutation: An unrecognized cause of hemiplegic...
Factor V Leiden: An Overview
Magazine article from: Clinical Laboratory Science; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...update and an overview of factor V Leiden, an inherited condition, which predisposes...individuals to thrombosis. Factor V Leiden occurs due to a single point mutation on chromosome one. Tests for factor V Leiden include screening for activated protein...
AMONG GENTLE LEIDEN'S LURES: PILGRIMS AND REMBRANDT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/20/2005; ; 700+ words ; LEIDEN, the Netherlands The Pilgrims lived here...as you will find in the Netherlands. But Leiden (LYE-d'n) a historic university town...Guide to Amsterdam" doesn't even list Leiden among its 17 recommended day trips (though...
Routine Factor V Leiden testing discouraged.(Hematology)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: Internal Medicine News; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...ATLANTA -- An inherited mutation, Factor V Leiden puts people at risk for life-threatening...Dr. Ginsberg was not whether Factor V Leiden is a risk factor, but what that means...people of European origin have Factor V Leiden, according to Dr. Ginsberg, the James...
Factor V Leiden testing not advised by genetics experts.(Clinical Rounds)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...ATLANTA -- An inherited mutation, Factor V Leiden puts people at risk for life-threatening...Dr. Ginsberg was not whether Factor V Leiden is a risk factor, but what that means...people of European origin have Factor V Leiden, according to Dr. Ginsberg, the James...
Combined heterozygote factor V Leiden mutation and anticardiolipin antibody positivity in a young patient with spontaneous deep vein thrombosis/Kombine heterozigot faktor V Leiden mutasyonu ve antikardiyolipin antikor pozitifligi olan genc bir hastada derin ven trombozu.(Case Reports/Olgu Sunumlari)(Disease/Disorder overview)(Case study)
Magazine article from: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi); 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...case of a combined heterozygote factor V Leiden mutation and anticardiolipin antibody...reaction revealed heterozygosity for factor V Leiden. Among other tests, lupus anticoagulant...OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] Factor V Leiden mutation is present in the 4-6% of...
Co-inheritance of Hypoplasminogenemia, Factor V Leiden Does Not Increase Risk.(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: Blood Weekly; 3/9/2000; 700+ words ; ...even when co-inherited with factor V Leiden, researchers say. "Combined plasminogen...activated protein C defect (factor V Leiden) have been described in a few families...heterozygous plasminogen deficiency and factor V Leiden defect in the same kindred," Clinical...
Celera and Leiden University Medical Center Discover Genetic Markers Associated with Deep Vein Thrombosis.
Business Wire; 3/18/2008; 700+ words ; ...Individuals ALAMEDA, Calif. & LEIDEN, The Netherlands -- Celera (NYSE...Corporation business, and researchers at the Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands...two common genetic variants, Factor V Leiden and prothrombin G20210A, that have been...