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List of rectores magnifici of Leiden University

This is a list of chancellors (rectores magnifici) of Leiden University, as from 1575. Three Nobel laureates are among these chancellors: Hendrik Lorentz, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes and Willem Einthoven.

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16th century

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1575–1600

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Period Name Image Additional info
1575–1576 Peter Tiara  
1576–1577 Guilliaume Feuguiéres
1577–1578 Peter Tiara  
1578–1579 Peter Tiara  
1579–1580 Justus Lipsius  
1580–1581 Justus Lipsius  
1581–1582 Cornelis de Groot
1582–1583 Gerard Bontius
1583–1584 Johannes Heurnius  
1584–1585 Johannes Heurnius  
1585–1586 Adrianus Saravia
1586–1587 Adrianus Saravia
1587–1588 Justus Lipsius  
1588–1589 Justus Lipsius  
1589–1590 Julius van Beyma  
1590–1591 Julius van Beyma  
1591–1592 Thomas Sosius Also: Thomas Zoesius or Thomas van Soest
1592–1593 Johannes Heurnius  
1593–1594 Johannes Heurnius  
1594–1595 Cornelis de Groot
1595–1596 Cornelis de Groot
1596–1597 Cornelis de Groot
1597–1598 Franciscus Gomarus  
1598–1599 Franciscus Gomarus  
1599 Gerard Bontius
1599–1600 Johannes Heurnius  
1600–1601 Johannes Heurnius  

17th century

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1601–1620

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1601–1602 Pieter Pauw  
1602–1603 Paulus Merula  
1603–1604 Cornelis de Groot
1604–1605 Everhard van Bronchorst  
1605–1606 Jacobus Arminius  
1606–1607 Pieter Pauw  
1607–1608 Rudolph Snellius  
1608–1609 Cornelis de Groot
1609–1610 Aelius Everhardus Vorstius  
1610–1611 Rudolph Snellius  
1611–1612 Rudolph Snellius  
1612–1613 Aelius Everhardus Vorstius  
1613–1614 Johannes Polyander  
1614–1615 Pieter Pauw  
1615–1616 Cornelius Paulinus Swanenburg  
1616–1617 Willem van der Codde  
1617–1618 Johannes Polyander  
1618–1619 Johannes Polyander  
1619–1620 Reiner Bontius  
1620–1621 Reiner Bontius  

1621–1640

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1621–1622 Aelius Everhardus Vorstius  
1622–1623 Aelius Everhardus Vorstius  
1623–1624 Petrus Cunaeus  
1624–1625 Petrus Cunaeus  
1625–1626 Antonius Walaeus  
1626–1627 Antonius Walaeus  
1627–1628 Johannes Polyander  
1628–1629 Johannes Polyander  
1629–1630 Franco Burgersdijk  
1630–1631 Franco Burgersdijk  
1631–1632 Ewaldus Schrevelius  
1632–1633 Petrus Cunaeus  
1633–1634 Antonius Thysius  
1634–1635 Franco Burgersdijk  
1635–1636 Johannes Polyander  
1636–1637 Adolphus Vorstius  
1637–1638 Petrus Cunaeus  
1638–1639 Constantine L'Empereur  
1639 Antonius Walaeus  
1639–1640 Nicolaus Dedel
1640–1641 Johannes Polyander  

1641–1660

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1641–1642 Otto Heurnius  
1642–1643 Jacobus Golius  
1643–1644 Jacobus Trigland  
1644–1645 Bernardus Schotanus  
1645–1646 Johannes Polyander  
1646–1647 Ewaldus Schrevelius  
1647–1648 Friedrich Spanheim  
1648–1649 Otto Heurnius  
1649–1650 Arnold Vinnius  
1650–1651 Jacobus Trigland  
1651–1652 Jacobus Golius  
1652–1653 Adolphus Vorstius  
1653–1654 Jacobus Maestertius  
1654–1655 Abraham Heidanus  
1655 Albertus Kyperus  
1655–1656 Joannes Antonides Van Der Linden  
1656–1657 Jacobus Golius  
1657 Arnold Vinnius  
1657–1658 Adriaan Beeckerts van Thienen  
1658–1659 Antonius Thysius jr.
1659–1660 Johannes Cocceius  
1660–1661 Adolphus Vorstius  

1661–1680

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1661–1662 Johann Friedrich Gronovius  
1662–1663 Abraham Heidanus  
1663–1664 Adriaan Beeckerts van Thienen  
1664–1665 Johannes Hoornbeek  
1665–1666 Jacobus Golius  
1666–1667 Florentius Schuyl  
1667–1668 Albertus Rusius  
1668–1669 Johannes Cocceius  
1669–1670 Franciscus Sylvius  
1670–1671 Johann Friedrich Gronovius  
1671–1672 Abraham Heidanus  
1672–1673 Albertus Rusius  
1673–1674 Friedrich Spanheim the Younger  
1674–1675 Arnoldus Seijen
1675–1676 Johann Friedrich Böckelmann  
1676–1677 Johannes Coccius
1677–1678 Stephanus le Moyne  
1678–1679 Anton Matthäus III.  
1679–1680 Charles Drelincourt  
1680–1681 Friedrich Spanheim the Younger  

1681–1700

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1681–1682 Johannes Voet  
1682–1683 Theodorus Rijcke  
1683–1684 Antonius Hulsius  
1684–1685 Lucas Schacht  
1685–1686 Wolferdus Senguerdius  
1686–1687 Johannes Voet  
1687–1688 Friedrich Spanheim the Younger  
1688–1689 Charles Drelincourt  
1689–1690 Jacobus Trigland jr.  
1690–1691 Paul Hermann
1691–1692 Wolferdus Senguerdius  
1692–1693 Friedrich Spanheim the Younger  
1693–1694 Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius  
1694–1695 Charles Drelincourt  
1695–1696 Johannes a Marck  
1696–1697 Govert Bidloo  
1697–1698 Burchard de Volder
1698–1699 Gerhard Noodt  
1699–1700 Jacobus Trigland jr.  
1700–1701 Frederick Dekkers  

18th century

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1701–1720

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Period Name Image Additional info
1701–1702 Wolferdus Senguerdius  
1702–1703 Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius  
1703–1704 Jacobus Gronovius  
1704–1705 Salomon van Til  
1705–1706 Gerhard Noodt  
1706–1707 Jacobus le Mort  
1707–1708 Perizonius  
1708–1709 Franciscus Fabricius  
1709–1710 Johannes Voet  
1710–1711 Bernhardus Albinus  
1711–1712 Jacobus Gronovius  
1712–1713 Johannes a Marck  
1713–1714 Philippus Reinhardus Vitriarius  
1714–1715 Herman Boerhaave  
1715–1716 Wolferdus Senguerdius  
1716–1717 Franciscus Fabricius  
1717–1718 Antonius Schultingh  
1718–1719 Johannes Jacobus Rau  
1719–1720 Pieter Burman the Elder  
1720–1721 Tako Hajo van den Honert  

1721–1740

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1721–1722 Johann Jacob Vitriarius  
1722–1723 Hermannus Oosterdijk Schacht  
1723–1724 Willem Jacob 's Gravesande  
1724–1725 Franciscus Fabricius  
1725–1726 Johann Ortwin Westenberg  
1726–1727 Bernhard Siegfried Albinus  
1727–1728 Jacobus Wittichius  
1728–1729 Johannes Wesselius  
1729–1730 Antonius Schultingh  
1730–1731 Herman Boerhaave  
1731–1732 Pieter Burman the Elder  
1732–1733 Tako Hajo van den Honert  
1733–1734 Johann Ortwin Westenberg  
1734–1735 Hermannus Oosterdijk Schacht  
1735–1736 Jacobus Wittichius  
1736–1737 Franciscus Fabricius  
1737–1738 Johann Jacob Vitriarius  
1738–1739 Bernhard Siegfried Albinus  
1739–1740 Albertus Schultens  
1740–1741 Johannes Wesselius  

1741–1760

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1741–1742 Joannes Conradus Rücker  
1742–1743 Adriaan van Royen  
1743–1744 Pieter van Musschenbroeck  
1744–1745 Johan van den Honert  
1745–1746 Gerlach Scheltinga  
1746–1747 Hieronymus David Gaubius  
1747–1748 Tiberius Hemsterhuis  
1748–1749 Johannes Alberti  
1749–1750 Joachim Schwartz  
1750–1751 Frederik Winter  
1751–1752 Franciscus van Oudendorp  
1752–1753 Joannes Esgers  
1753–1754 Andreas Weiss  
1754–1755 Frederik Bernard Albinus
1755–1756 Johannes Lulofs  
1756–1757 Bernhardinus de Moor  
1757–1758 Joannes Conradus Rücker  |
1758–1759 Adriaan van Royen  
1759–1760 Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand  
1760–1761 Jan Jacob Schultens  

1761–1780

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1761–1762 Gerlach Scheltinga  
1762–1763 Hieronymus David Gaubius  
1763–1764 David van Royen
1764–1765 Ewaldus Hollebeek  
1765–1766 Frederik Willem Pestel  
1766–1767 Frederik Bernard Albinus
1767–1768 David Ruhnken  
1768–1769 Aegidius Gillissen  
1769–1770 Bavius Voorda  
1770–1771 Adriaan van Royen  
1771–1772 Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer
1772–1773 Hermannus Scholten  
1773–1774 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel  
1774–1775 Hieronymus David Gaubius  
1775–1776 Didericus van der Kemp  
1776–1777 Nicolaas Hoogvliet  
1777–1778 Frederik Willem Pestel  
1778 Frederik Bernard Albinus
1778–1779 Gualtherus van Doeveren  
1779–1780 Dionysius van de Wijnpersse  
1780–1781 Ewaldus Hollebeek  

1781–1800

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1781–1782 Bavius Voorda  
1782–1783 Eduard Sandifort  
1783–1784 Adriaan Kluit  
1784–1785 Carolus Boers  
1785–1786 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel  
1786–1787 Nicolaus Georgius Oosterdijk Johanszoon  
1787–1788 Henry Albert Schultens  
1788–1789 Frederik Willem Pestel  
1789–1790 Jona Willem te Water  
1790–1791 Florentius Jacobus Voltelen  
1791–1792 Dionysius Godefridus van der Keessel  
1792–1793 Broërius Broes  
1793–1794 Nicolaas Paradijs  
1794–1795 Jean Luzac  
1795–1796 Nicolaas Smallenburg  
1796–1797 Sebald Justinus Brugmans  
1797–1798 Sebald Fulco Johannes Rau  
1798–1799 Johannes van der Palm  
1799–1800 Meinardus Simon du Pui  
1800–1801 Jona Willem te Water  

19th century

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1801–1820

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1801–1802 Eduard Hageman  
1802–1803 Eduard Sandifort  
1803–1804 Joannes van Voorst  
1804–1805 Sebald Fulco Johannes Rau  
1805–1806 Nicolaas Smallenburg  
1806–1807 Nicolaus Georgius Oosterdijk Johanszoon  
1807–1808 Simon Speijert van der Eijk
1808–1809 Joannes van Voorst  |
1809–1810 Matthijs Siegenbeek  
1810–1811 Eduard Hageman  
1811–1812 Sebald Justinus Brugmans  
1812 Sebald Justinus Brugmans  
1813–1816 Joan Melchior Kemper  
1816–1817 Joannes van Voorst  
1817–1818 Simon Speijert van der Eijk
1818–1819 Johannes van der Palm  
1819–1820 Meinardus Simon du Pui  
1820–1821 Nicolaas Smallenburg  

1821–1840

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1821–1822 Johann Clarisse  
1822–1823 Cornelis Ekama
1823–1824 Matthijs Siegenbeek  
1824–1825 Gerard Sandifort  
1825–1826 Hendrik Willem Tydeman  
1826–1827 Lucas Suringar  
1827–1828 Gerard Wttewael van Wickenburgh  
1828–1829 Jan Bake  
1829–1830 Michael Jacobus Macquelijn  
1830–1831 Cornelis Jacobus van Assen  
1831–1832 Wessel Albertus van Hengel  
1832–1833 Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt  
1833–1834 Jacob Nieuwenhuis  
1834–1835 Jacobus Cornelis Broers   [1]
1835–1836 Henricus Cock  
1836–1837 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist   [2]
1837–1838 Pieter Johannes Uijlenbroek
1838–1839 Petrus Hofman Peerlkamp  
1839–1840 Cornelis Pruijs van der Hoeven  
1840–1841 Johan Rudolph Thorbecke  

1841–1860

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1841–1842 Johan Frederik van Oordt  
1842–1843 Jan van der Hoeven  
1843–1844 Johannes Matthias Schrant sr.  
1844–1845 Gerard Sandifort  
1845–1846 Hendrik Willem Tydeman  
1846–1847 Jan Hendrik Scholten  
1847–1848 Antonius Henricus van der Boon Mesch  
1848–1849 Antonie Rutgers  
1849–1850 Gerardus Conradus Bernardus Suringar  
1850–1851 Johan de Wal  
1851–1852 Nicolaas Christiaan Kist  
1852–1853 Gideon Jan Verdam  
1853–1854 Theodoor Willem Johannes Juynboll  
1854–1855 Frederik Willem Krieger  
1855–1856 Simon Vissering  
1856–1857 Jan Hendrik Scholten  
1857–1858 Frederik Kaiser  
1858–1859 Jan Hendrik Stuffken  
1859–1860 Abraham Everard Simon Thomas  
1860–1861 Johan de Wal  

1861–1880

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1861–1862 Abraham Kuenen  
1862–1863 Pieter Rijke  
1863–1864 Carel Gabriel Cobet  
1864–1865 Hidde Halbertsma Justuszoon  
1865–1866 Rembt van Boneval Faure  
1866–1867 Johannes Jacobus Prins  
1867–1868 Willem Frederik Reinier Suringar  
1868–1869 Reinhart Dozy  
1869–1870 Johan Christiaan Gottlob Evers  
1870–1871 Joël Emanuel Goudsmit  
1871–1872 Lodewijk Willem Ernst Rauwenhoff  
1872–1873 David Bierens de Haan  
1873–1874 Matthias de Vries  
1874–1875 Adriaan Heynsius  
1875–1876 Joannes Theodorus Buys  
1876–1877 Jan Hendrik Scholten  
1877 Pieter van Geer  
1877–1878 Robert Fruin  
1878–1879 Anthony Modderman  
1879–1880 Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern  
1880–1881 Teunis Zaayer  

1881–1900

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1881–1882 Michael Jan de Goeje  
1882–1883 Pieter van Geer  
1883–1884 Derk Doyer  
1884–1885 Guillaume Daniel Louis Huet  
1885–1886 Jan Pieter Nicolaas Land  
1886–1887 H. G. van de Sande Bakhuyzen  
1887–1888 Samuel Siegmund Rosenstein  
1888–1889 Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen  
1889–1890 Antoine Paul Nicolas Franchimont  
1890–1891 Christiaan Karel Hoffmann  
1891–1892 Henricus Oort  
1892–1893 Cornelis Petrus Tiele  
1893–1894 Sybrandus Johannes Fockema Andreae  
1894–1895 Pieter Antonie van der Lith  
1895–1896 Karl Martin  
1896–1897 Albert Cornelis Vreede  
1897–1898 Theodorus Hendrik Mac Gillavry  
1898–1899 P. J. Cosijn  
1899–1900 Hendrik Antoon Lorentz    
1900–1901 Jan Egens van Iterson (J.Azn.)  

20th century

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1901–1920

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1901–1902 Henri van der Hoeven  
1902 Willem van der Vlugt  
1903 Hendrik Barend Greven  
1903–1904 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes    
1904–1905 Jan van Leeuwen  
1905–1906 Willem Einthoven    
1906–1907 Willem Nolen  
1907–1908 Jacobus Johannes Hartman  
1908–1909 Jacob Verdam  
1909–1910 Jan Cornelis Kluijver  
1910–1911 Petrus Johannes Blok  
1911–1912 Fredrik Pijper  
1912–1913 Bernardus Dirks Eerdmans  
1913–1914 Gerbrandus Jelgersma  
1914–1915 Jacobus Marinus Janse  
1915–1916 William Brede Kristensen  
1916–1917 Cornelis van Vollenhoven  
1917–1918 Gerrit Kalff  
1918–1919 Pieter Cornelis Tobias van der Hoeven  
1919–1920 Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis  
1920–1921 Reinder Pieters van Calcar  

1921–1940

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1921–1922 Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje  
1922 Johannes Petrus Kuenen  
1922–1923 Leopold van Itallie  
1923–1924 Hugo Krabbe  
1924–1925 Anthony Johannes Blok  
1925–1926 Willem de Sitter  
1926–1927 Eduard Meijers  
1927–1928 Arent Jan Wensinck  
1928–1929 Willem Jan Mari van Eysinga  
1929–1930 Nicolaas van Wijk  
1930–1931 J. Ph. Vogel  
1931–1932 Jan Johannes Blanksma  
1932 Johannes Henricus Zaaijer  
1932–1933 Johan Huizinga  
1933–1934 Durk van Blom  
1934–1935 Willem van der Woude  
1935–1936 Anne Siberdinus de Blécourt  
1936–1937 Jan van der Hoeve  
1937–1938 Ton Barge  
1938–1939 Paul Christiaan Flu  
1939–1940 Frederik Muller Jzn  
1940–1941 Alexander Willem Byvanck

1941–1960

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1941-1943 Willem van der Woude   (acting rector)
Leiden University mostly closed after 27 November 1941)
1943-1945 -- (Leiden University was closed because of the German Occupation)
1945 Willem van der Woude   (May–September)
1945–1946 Berend George Escher  
1946–1947 Rudolph Cleveringa  
1947–1948 Julius Christiaan van Oven  
1948–1949 Cornelis Christiaan Berg  
1949–1950 Bernard van Groningen  
1950–1951 Siegfried Thomas Bok  
1951–1952 Julius Herman Boeke  
1952–1953 J.J.L. Duyvendak  
1953–1954 Jacob Maarten van Bemmelen jr.  
1954–1955 Jan Nicolaas Bakhuizen van den Brink  
1955–1956 Anton Eduard van Arkel  
1956–1957 Pieter Arie Hendrik de Boer
1957–1958 Samuel Elzevier de Jongh  
1958–1959 Herman Johannes Lam  
1959–1960 Jan Engbertus Jonkers
1960–1961 Jan Volkert Rijpperda Wierdsma   [3]

1961–2000

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1961–1962 Gerhard Sevenster  
1962–1963 Sem Dresden  
1963–1964 Wim den Boer  
1964–1965 Donald Johan Kuenen  
1965–1966 Johan Dankmeijer  
1966–1967 Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding   [4]
1967–1968 Piet Muntendam  
1968–1969 Louis Kukenheim Ezn.
1969–1970 Johan Goslings  
1970–1971 Cornelis Soeteman
1971–1972 Willem Roelof Oege Goslings
1972–1976 Dolf Cohen  
1976–1979 Donald Johan Kuenen  
1979–1985 Ton Kassenaar
1985–1991 Jan Beenakker  
1991–1997 Lammert Leertouwer  
1997–2001 Willem Albert Wagenaar  

21st century

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2001–2007 Douwe Breimer   Also chairman of the college van bestuur
2007–2013 Paul F. van der Heijden   Also chairman of the college van bestuur
2013–2021 Carel Stolker   Also chairman of the college van bestuur
2021– Hester Bijl  

See also

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Literature

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  • Harm Beukers [et al].: Album Scholasticum academiae Lugduno-Batavae MCMLXXV-MCMLXXXIX. (1575–1989), Leids Universiteits-Fonds, Leiden, 1991
  • R.E.O. Ekkart: Athenae Batavae. De Leidse Universiteit / The University of Leiden 1575-1975. Universitaire Pers Leiden, 1975. ISBN 90-6021-222-3
  • Icones Leidenses. Leiden, Universitaire Pers, 1973. ISBN 9060211839

References

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  1. ^ Biografisch portaal, Jacobus Cornelis Broers
  2. ^ Biografisch portaal, Nicolaas Christiaan Kist
  3. ^ Parlementair documentatiecentrum, Dr. J.V. Rijpperda Wierdsma
  4. ^ Biografisch portaal, Klaas Aldert Hendrik Hidding
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