prof.dr. Frans Burman

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Frans Burman (born May 15, 1671 in Utrecht, † September 22, 1719) was a Dutch reformed theologian.

The son of the professor of theology, Frans Burman (1628-1679), who was a Dutch scholar, and his wife, Maria Heydanus, attended the Latin school in Utrecht and the Latin school at Alkmaar near Johann Georg Graevius. On 7 January 1688 he began philosophical and mathematical studies at Burchard de Volder (1643-1709) at Leiden University. At the University of Utrecht, he attended the theological lectures of Hermannus van Halen and Hermann Witsius, and from 1692 at the University of Franeker, those of Campegius Vitringa the Elder, Johannes van der Waeijen (1639-1701) and Hermann Alexander Roëll. He also studied oriental language studies with Jacob Rhenferd (1654-1712). He attended further lectures in Groningen with Johannes Braun (1628-1708), in Dordrecht with Salomon van Til (1643-1713) and in Amsterdam with Petrus Francius (1645-1704).

After his studies in 1695, Burman became a priest in Koudum and went to Brielle in 1698. In 1702 he became a choral preacher in England. Here he continued his studies at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, where he also attended the libraries and familiarized himself with the scholars there. His travel journal, written at that time, was published in 1828 by Abraham Capadose. In the following year, he returned to his homeland, where he was confirmed as vicar in Enkhuizen on 6 July 1703. Two years later, he went to Amsterdam as a priest, where on 13 May 1705 he gave his introductory lecture.

On 5 November 1714 he was appointed professor of theology at the University of Utrecht and on 11 January 1715 honored with the honorary doctorate of theology. On 26 February 1715 he took up his professorship with the speech Theologus, sive de iis quae ad verum et consummatum theologum requiruntur. In Utrecht, he was rector of the alma mater in 1718/19, which he resigned with the speech Oratio de persecutione Diocletiana eiusque exitu gloriosissimo (Utrecht 1719). The theologian, who had to deal with the adherents of Spinozism, died of a disease after a short period of action.

Burman had married Elizabeth Thierens on the 11th of December, 1703 (* 31 May 1677, † 20 November 1713). There were nine children from the marriage. Frans (4), Pieter (2) and Amsterdamer Kaufmann Abraham became famous.