as Curator
Of the more than fifty curators listed in the Register, almost half of them were involved in Leeuwenhoek's life in other ways, as notaries, friends, or City Hall colleagues.
AvL's family and associates who were curators
Johan (George) van Ophoven | notary |
Johannes Fijcq (Fijck) | notary |
Cornelis 's-Gravesande | notary |
Johannes Rank | notary |
Adrijaen Leeuwenhoeck | notary |
Jan de Bries | notary |
Abraham van den Velde | notary |
Roeland van Edenburgh | notary |
Adriaen Hoppesteijn van Leeuwen | notary |
Cornelis van der Sleyden | notary |
Jan Bogard (Boogert) | notary, procurer |
Floris vander Werff | notary, procurer |
Philip de Bries | notary, procurer |
Wijbrant van der Kost | procurer |
Hendrik Vockestaert | city secretary |
Paul Durven | lawyer, notary |
Gerard den Apel | traveling clerk, no cases |
Arnoldus Ramp | security Everts van Zijl |
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ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 148 top Adriaen Leeuwenhoek's commission, 1685 |
ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 148 bottom Adriaen Leeuwenhoek's commission |
ORA 318 5th Register of Curators p. 174 Paul Durven's commission, 1693 |