Rinse Lieuwes Brouwer (1720 - )

Field(s) of interest: Philosophy | theology | scientific instruments
Gender: male

Born: Oldeboorn, ~1720


Biography:
Rinse Lieuwes Brouwer was an engineer, who build the first 'stoommachine' (fire engine) at the estate 'Groenendaal' of the Amsterdam banker John Hope in Heemstede. He studied philosophy at Franeker University (matriculation 14 July 1749). In 1758, as a widower living in the Warmoesstraat, he remarried Anna Willeboorts. He was a trader in scientific instruments, delivering goods to the ‘Doopsgezinde Kweekschool’ (Mennonite seminary) in Amsterdam.
Brouwer published: Wederlegging der aanmerkingen van den heere Steenstra over de vuurmachines (Amsterdam 1777).

Occupations:
trader in scientific instruments: ~1775 (Amsterdam)

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