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Ludolf Smids

male / North Netherlandish

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: Smids, Ludolph

Qualifications: poet, physician, translator
His most important litterary, scientific and historical works are listed by van der Aa 1852-1878. He is still best known for his translation of Ovid's 'Metamorphosis' in 1700 and his 'Schatkamer der Nederlandsche Oudheden'.

Nationality/school: North Netherlandish

Born: Groningen (city) 1649-07-13

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1720-03-07
buried in the Westerkerk on 12 March 1720 (City Archive Amsterdam)

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: Son of Casper Jansen Smids and Maria Sevenstern. Married 1) in Groningen on 20 February 1674 to Maria Tinghe (died 1682) and 2) in Groningen on 22 March 1684 to Anna Hamilton de Groot (died 1727), father of Koenradus Smids (1678-1714)

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Groningen (stad) 1649
Antwerpen (stad) 1665
As a young orphan he was first sent to school in Antwerp.
Westfalen 1667 - 1670
Finished his schooling at a monastic school in Westphalia till 1670
Leiden (stad) 1670 - 1673
studied medicine in Leiden
Groningen (stad) 1673 - 1685
Marriage and pratice as a doctor. His marriage to the Protestant Anna Hamilton de Groot and his conversion to the Reformed religion led to irreconcilable problems with his family members, for which he fled to Amsterdam
Amsterdam (stad) 1685 - 1720
He never really practised as a doctor here but dedicated himself to the study of history, antiquities, numismatica and the sciences. After a visit to the inn 'De Keizerskroon' to meet with some friends, he fell from the stairs and died several days later on 7 May 1720.

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Literature

Houbraken 1718-1721 , passim
Van der Aa 1852-1878 , vol. 17, p. 758-760
Horn/Van Leeuwen 2021 [Houbraken Translated]

P.G. Witsen Geysbeek, Biographisch anthologisch en critisch woordenboek der Nederduitsche dichters, Amsterdam 1824 (vol. 5), p. 297-299

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