Schurman, Anna Maria van, 1607-1678
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German,
French,
French,
German,
Biographical notes:
Anna Maria van Schurman (November 5, 1607 – May 4, 1678) was a Dutch painter, engraver, poet, classical scholar, philosopher, and writer who is best known for her exceptional learning and her defence of female education. She was a highly educated woman, who excelled in art, music, and literature, and became a polyglot proficient in fourteen languages, including Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, Aramaic, and Ethiopic, as well as various contemporary European languages. She was the first woman to unofficially study at a Dutch university.
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Occupations:
- Musicians
- Entomologists
- Humanists
- Linguists
- Painters
- Poets
- Theologians
Places:
- 07, DE
- 02, NL
- Purmerend, N. Holland (as recorded)
- Zeeland, Province of, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
- Middelburg, Zeeland (as recorded)
- Cosenza, Italy (as recorded)
- Friesland, Province of, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Lannoy, Flanders (as recorded)
- Gelderland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- Haarlem, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Enkhuizen, North Holland (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- Utrecht, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Leyden, Holland (as recorded)
- Holland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
