Adriaan van Schrieck (

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, 26 December 1560 -

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, 26 December 1621), lord of Rodorne, was a

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office holder and

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, known for his historical and linguistic work. He is also known by his

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name, ''Adrianus Schrieckius''.

Life

Adriaan van Schrieck was born in Bruges. After his earliest education in his native city, he attended the

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to study philosophy and law. There he came into contact with famous people such as the French statesman and Chancellor of the

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, Henri de Mesmes, and François Pithou. Upon return to his homeland, he met Gerard Horne, count of Baucigny, and

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, count of

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, by whose offices he was appointed bailiff of Cassel, Estaires,

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and

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. Later he was appointed councillor to the Archdukes

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. Finally, between 1609 and 1619 he was chancellor of the city of

, where he spent his last years until he died of a stroke in December 1621. In his spare time he devoted himself to historical research, supported by a network of humanist scholars in the

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and the

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that included Nicolaas Cromhout,

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and Josse de Rycke ( nl). Schrieck's historical works include the history of Ypres and the prehistory of Europe.

Bibliography

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Ancestors

This ancestry is based on the biography by Leonardus Neytsius (

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), with Van Schrieck's ''Monita'' from 1615. Neytsius, who was a canon of

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in Bruges, had forwarded the biography on 1 May 1613 in a recommendation letter to the bishop of Ypres, Jan de Visschere.

References

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