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Burchard de Volder (26 July 1643 – 21 March 1709) was a Dutch natural philosopher. Born in a Mennonite family in Amsterdam, he first studied in Utrecht (1660) and from 1670 he studied philosophy at the University of Leiden under Franz (Franciscus Sylvius) de le Boë (Dubois). Thanks to the efforts of the Volder, a physics laboratory at the University of Leiden was established in 1675. He collected measuring instruments of all kinds and performed many physics demonstrations, particularly those illustrating the discoveries of Robert Boyle. This laboratory was unique for its time. He is further famous as one of Gottfried Leibniz's most important philosophical correspondents.〔Paul Lodge (Leibniz's Close Encounter with Cartesiansim in the Correspondence with De Volder ), in ''Leibniz and His Correspondents'' Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-521-83410-4, pp 162-192〕〔''The Leibniz-De Volder Correspondence'', New Haven: Yale University Press, 2013 〕 De Volder's work drew many foreign students. One of his most famous students was Herman Boerhaave. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burchard de Volder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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