David van Goorle

David van Goorle (also known under his Latinized name David Gorlaeus) (15 January 1591, Utrecht – 21 April 1612, Cornjum) was a Dutch philosopher and theologian, and one of the first modern atomists.

Biography Van Goorle was the son of David van Goorle Sr., a Protestant refugee from Antwerp, who at the time of his birth was treasurer for stadtholder Adolf van Nieuwenaar. His uncle was Abraham Gorlaeus. His mother was a Frisian noblewoman, the daughter of admiral Doecke van Martena, known for his role in the Dutch and Frisian wars of independence. Although he called himself Ultrajectinus (after his birthplace Utrecht), he grew up with his maternal grandparents in their stins in the Frisian village of Cornjum.

In 1606 he enrolled in arts at the University of Franeker; a professor at the University of Franeker, still complains about Gorlaeans.

Works Exercitationes philosophicae, Leiden 1620. Idea physicae, Utrecht 1651. (Also digitized by e-rara.ch: )