Academy of Sedan

The Academy of Sedan (

pastors in France for a hundred years.

History

The Academy of Sedan was modeled on the Academy of Geneva (which is today the

.

Famous Professors

Before the Organization of the Academy

• Hebrew
  , 1573–74
• Louis Cappel de Montgemberg, professor of Theology, 1576
• Immanuel Tremellius, professor of Hebrew, 1576–79
• Austrius Calabrinus, professor of Philosophy, 1579
• Jacques Cappel, professor of Hebrew, 1594
• Moïse Quadratus, professor of physics, 1594
• Robert de Visme, professor of philosophy, 1594
• Giulio Pace, professor of Law, 1595

Professors of Law (one chair)

• Augustin Caillet, 1608–24
• Charles Bordelius, 1624–30
• Jean Daubert, 1630–44
• Claude Pithoys, 1663
• J. J. Burkhart, 1673–75
• Pierre Billot, 1675

Professors of Greek (one or two chairs depending on the time)

• Toussaint Berchet, 1602-24 (Berchet played a large role in the organization of the Academy in 1601)
• Didier Héraut, 1602
• Gautier Donaldson, 1603–09
• Samuel Néran
  , 1608–11
• Jacob Roussel, 1614
• Jean Brazi, 1629–51
• José Le Vasseur, 1646–71
• Jacques Du Rondel, 1654

Professors of Hebrew (one chair)

• Jacques Cappel, 1602–24
• Jean Huttenius, 1613
• Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43
• Abraham Rambour, 1620–51
• Josué Levasseur, 1646–61
• Abraham Colvill, 1661–67
• Pierre Jurieu, 1674–81

Professors of Theology (three chairs)

• Daniel Tilenus, 1602–19
• Jacques Cappel, 1602–24
• Aaron Blondel, 1603–05
• André Melvin, 1611–19
• Abraham Rambour, 1620–54
• Pierre Du Moulin, 1621–58
• Samuel Maresius, 1625–36
• Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43
• Louis Cappel, 1633–58
• Le Blanc de Beaulieu, 1645–75
• Abraham Colvill, 1658–67
• José Le Vasseur, 1646–71
• Alpée de Saint-Maurice, 1660–81
• Paul Joly, 1673–76
• Henri Sacrelaire, 1676–81
• Pierre Jurieu, 1673–81
• Pierre Trouillard, 1676–80
• Jakob Abbadie, 1680–81

Professors of Philosophy (two chairs)

• John Cameron, 1602–04
• Arthur Johnston, 1606–23
• Claude Pithoys, 1633–75
• Joseph Pithoys, 1655
• Adam Steuart, 1622–28
• P. Bisterfeld, 1624–26
• Alexandre Colvill, 1627–46
• Étienne Brazi, 1661–81
• Pierre Jurieu, 1671–81
• Pierre Bayle, 1675–81

Professors of Rhetoric (Latin) (one chair)

• Jean Brazi, 1664
• Jacques Du Rondel, 1664–81

Professors of Mathematics (one chair)

• Jean de Vesle, 1605
• Richard Doussert, 1613
• Abraham Colvill, 1661–67

Professors of Physics (one chair)

• Gautier Donaldson, 1608
• Abraham Du Han, 1640–53
• Alexandre Colvill, 1619–43

Directors of Military Exercises

• De Saint-Martin 1613
• Du Gast 1680
• Baron 1681
• Legrand 1681-1685
• also influential was the engineer Jean Errard, who taught in the military academy

Famous Alumni

• Nicolas Antoine
• Jacques Basnages
• Samuel Bochart
• Abraham de Moivre
• Pierre Du Moulin
• Charles Drelincourt
• Nicasius le Febure
• Jacques Le Paulmier de Grentemesnil
• Jacques Moisant de Brieux
• Charles de Sainte-Maure, duc de Montausier
• Pierre Du Prat
• Simon Gaschier
• the nephews of Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon and Countess Elisabeth of Nassau:
  • the sons of
    Frederick V, Elector Palatine and his younger brother Ludwig Philipp of Pfalz-Simmern-Kaiserslautern
  • the son of John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen: William, Count of Nassau-Siegen
• Joachim Sigismund of Brandenburg, son of John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

References

• Charles Peyran, Histoire de l'ancienne Académie réformée de Sedan, thèse présentée à la faculté de théologie protestante, 22 juin 1846, Strasbourg : Veuve Berger-Levrault, 1846 [1], 58 p.
• Extraits de la Chronique du Père Norbert concernant le Collège de Sedan, dans Revue historiques des Ardennes, Mézières : Edmond Sénemaud/impr. F. Dervin, 1867, vol.5, pp. 39–64 [2], puis pp. 166–187 [3]
• Pierre-Daniel Bourchenin, Étude sur les académies protestantes en France au XVIe et au XVIIe siècle (Paris: Grassart, 1882).
• Pierre Congar, Jean Lecaillon et Jacques Rousseau, Sedan et le pays sedanais, vingt siècles d’histoire (Paris: Guénégaud, 1969; Marseille: Laffitte Reprints, 1978)

This article was based on this article on French Wikipedia.