Johannes Sneewins (1610 - 1675)

Field(s) of interest: Scientific instruments
Gender: male

Born: Rotterdam, ~1610
Died: Utrecht, 08-02-1675

Biography:
Astronomical and mathematical instrument and watch maker in the Voorstraat in Utrecht, ca 1637-1675. He married in Utrecht on 18 April 1637 to Clara van Leeuwen from Bergen op Zoom.
Shortly after 1642 he delivered a telescope to the new Utrecht astronomical observatory. In 1652 he matriculated at Utrecht University.
Later he remarried Margarita Molijns. Brother of Anthony Sneewins (Delft) and Henricus Sneewins (Leiden). His daughter Sibilly Sneewins was the mother of the Leiden instrument maker Anthony Hoevenaer, who was his apprentice.

Collection: Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam


Occupations:
scientific instrument maker: ~1637 - 1675 (Utrecht)

Sources:
Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).

Morpurgo, E. Nederlandse klokken- en horlogemakers vanaf 1300 (Amsterdam 1970).

Servaas van Rooijen, A.J., De Navorscher 35 (Amsterdam 1885), 238.

Notarissen in de stad Utrecht, U054a001 (mentioned 1656, 1660, 1662)

mentioned in Bonboeken Leiden (~1642)

Wijburg, W.A., 'Hoevenaer', in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw 90 (1973), p. 16 (noot 2)