Nicolaus Mulerius

Who was Nicolaus Mulerius?

Nicolaus Mulerius was a professor of medicine and mathematics at the University of Groningen.

Mulerius was born Nicolaas des Mulier, son of Pierre des Muliers and Claudia Le Vettre. He grew up in Bruges, where he was taught by Cruquius, among others. Mulerius first studied Philology, Philosophy and Theology and from 1582 he also studied Medicine and Mathematics at the University of Leiden, where Lipsius, Vulcanius, Snellius and Heurnius were teachers. In 1589 he married Christina Six and set up practice for 13 years in Harlingen. In 1603 he became leading physician in Groningen, in 1608 he took the position as school master of the Leeuwarden gymnasium. From 1614 he was professor in medicine and mathematics at the Groningen University. From 1619 – 1621 and 1626 – 1630, he was in charge of the library of the University of Groningen. His son, Petrus Mulerius, would become professor at Groningen in physics and botany from 1628.

In 1616, Nicolaus Mulerius published a textbook on astronomy reminiscent of the Sphere by Johannes de Sacrobosco.

Also in 1616, he published the third, updated and annotated edition of Nicolaus Copernicus' De revolutionibus orbium coelestium.