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Swammerdam, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Swammerdam, Jan yän väˈmərdäm [key], 1637–80, Dutch naturalist. He was a pioneer in the use of the microscope. Before he turned to religious contemplation his chief interest was the study of in...

Zamojski, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Zamojski or Zamoyski, Jan both: yän zämoiˈskē [key], 1542–1605, Polish statesman, general, and author. He championed the rights of the lesser nobility; after the extinction (1572) of the Jagiell...

Beuckelszoon, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Beuckelszoon, Beuckelzoon, or Beukels, Jan: see John of Leiden. ...

Wijnants, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Wijnants, Jan: see Wynants, Jan.

Vermeer, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Vermeer, Jan or Johannes vərmērˈ, Dutch yän vərmārˈ, yōhänˈəs [key], 1632–75, Dutch genre and landscape painter. He was born in Delft, where he spent his entire life. He was also known as...

Bockelszoon, Jan

(Encyclopedia)Bockelszoon or Bockelson, Jan: see John of Leiden. ...

van Loon, Hendrik Willem

(Encyclopedia)van Loon, Hendrik Willem văn lōn [key], 1882–1944, American author and journalist, b. Rotterdam, Netherlands. He emigrated to the United States in 1903 and studied at Harvard and Cornell (B.A., 19...

Mabuse, Jan de

(Encyclopedia)Mabuse, Jan de: see Gossart, Jan. ...

Huysmans, Jan Baptist

(Encyclopedia)Huysmans, Jan Baptist: see under Huysmans, Cornelis. ...

Huysum, Jan van

(Encyclopedia)Huysum, Jan van yän vän hoiˈso͝om [key], 1682–1749, Dutch painter of still life and landscapes. His father was Justus van Huysum (1659–1716), a successful landscape and genre painter of Amster...