Gilbert Jack ( Latinized as Gilbertus Jacch(a)eus; c. 1578 – April 17, 1628) was Scottish Ramist [1] philosopher and physician.
He was born in Aberdeen, and studied at Marischal College under Robert Howie. In 1598 he went to the University of Helmstedt. [2] [3]
He was professor, later of physics, at the University of Leiden, from 1605. [4] He was dismissed in 1619, suspected of sympathy with the Remonstrants; [5] he was reinstated in 1623. [2]
In 1626 he held the funeral oration for his deceased colleague Willebrord Snellius.
He died in Leiden.
His students included Franck Burgersdijk and Adolph Vorstius. [6]
The Institutiones Physicae is in nine books, and accepts the occult influence of the heavens. [7]
Gilbert Jack ( Latinized as Gilbertus Jacch(a)eus; c. 1578 – April 17, 1628) was Scottish Ramist [1] philosopher and physician.
He was born in Aberdeen, and studied at Marischal College under Robert Howie. In 1598 he went to the University of Helmstedt. [2] [3]
He was professor, later of physics, at the University of Leiden, from 1605. [4] He was dismissed in 1619, suspected of sympathy with the Remonstrants; [5] he was reinstated in 1623. [2]
In 1626 he held the funeral oration for his deceased colleague Willebrord Snellius.
He died in Leiden.
His students included Franck Burgersdijk and Adolph Vorstius. [6]
The Institutiones Physicae is in nine books, and accepts the occult influence of the heavens. [7]