Petronella Johanna de Timmerman (1724 - 1786)

Short name Petronella Johanna de Timmerman
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First name Petronella Johanna
Birth name Timmerman
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Alternative name Petronella Johanna Hennert - de Timmerman
Date of birth 1724
Date of death 1786
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Sex Female
Place of birth Middelburg (Zeeland, NLD)
Place of death Utrecht (Utrecht, NLD)
Lived in Netherlands
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Religion / ideology Protestant
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Petronella Johanna de Timmerman was ...
related to Betje Wolff
Profession(s)
Memberships Kunstliefde Spaart Geen Vlijt
Place(s) of Residence Netherlands
Receptions of Petronella Johanna de Timmerman, the person (for receptions of her works, see under each individual Work)
Title Author Date Type
*Art. in Vaderlandsche Letteroefeningen Unknown journalist (to be identified) 1808 mentions person
*Lemma in Biografisch ... woordenboek der Nederduitse dichters P. G. Witsen Geysbeek 1824 comments on person
Geschiedenis der Nederduitsche dichtkunde Jeronimo de Vries 1835 comments on person
*Lemma in Handwoordenboek der Vaderlandse geschiedenis H. Verwoert 1851 comments on person
*Lemma in Biografisch woordenboek der Nederlanden Abraham Jakob van der Aa 1852 comments on person
*Lemma in Beknopt biografisch handwoordenboek Jan Christiaan Kobus , Willem George Hendrik de Rivecourt 1854 comments on person
*Lemma in Neêrlands beroemde personen Jacobus Wilhelmus Regt 1869 comments on person
*Lemma in Biografisch woordenboek F. Jos. van den Branden , J. G. Frederiks 1888 comments on person
*Lemma in Levensberichten van Zeeuwen Frederik Nagtglas 1890 comments on person
*Mention in Het aandeel der vrouw [...] Maurits Basse 1920 mentions person
MENTIONED IN: - Heinemeyer He-Hu 153 & T-U 154 - Ter Laan 1941, - Van Bork en Verkruijsse 1985 - see link DBNL - Buijnsters Corresp. E.Bekker en A. Deken, Utrecht, 1987 - Lauwerkrans 1997, p. 12, 83, 91, 583-588, 696, 703. see URL for pages about her in English-language version - Van Bunge e.a., Dictionary of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch philosophers, 2003 online-portrait in DVN
Not mentioned in : - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992. van Bunge e.a. 2003, p. 986-7: "P.J. de T. had an extraordinary knowledge of the Exact sciences and philosophy. [...] According to Hennert's [= her husband's] biography, in which she is described as the ideal enlightened woman who managed to combine household tasks with intellectual activities, she read Van Musschenbroek, Nollet, Reaumur, Leibniz, Mendelssohn, Reimarus and Bonnet. Her favourite philosopher was, however, Christian Wolff [just like...] C.L. de Neufville, one of the few other eighteenth-century women who had an in-depth knowledge of contemporary philosophy." svd sep09 Married (1749), widowed (1758), remarried (1769). Honorary member of Haagse dichtgenootschap ‘Kunstliefde Spaart Geen Vlijt’ (KSGV). Material in Letterkundig Museum, The Hague