Cornelis Van Der Mijle
Cornelis van der Mijle (The Hague 1578 or 1579?Vander Aa says 1578, Bartelds 1579 — November 1642) was a Dutch politician and diplomat in the service of the Dutch Republic and a regent of Leiden University. He was the son-in-law of Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. Biography Cornelis was the son of Adriaan van der Mijle, ''ambachtsheer'' of Bleskensgraaf and Dubbeldam, and counselor of William the Silent, and Magdalena van Egmond. After the death of his father his mother sent him to his uncle and namesake in Leiden where he first studied at a Latin school and enrolled next at Leiden University as a student in the Classics on 16 May 1591. He studied under Justus Lipsius and Joseph Justus Scaliger, Paulus Merula, Bonaventura Vulcanius, Julius van Beyma and Franciscus Junius (the elder). Among his study friends were Hugo Grotius, Petrus Scriverius and Daniel Heinsius. He also got into contact with Louise de Coligny, the widow of William the Silent and her son Frederick Henry, Prince ...
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