HAVART, Daniel

HAVART, Daniel. Amsterdam (or Utrecht?) 29.12.1650 (?) — Rotterdam ?.6.1724. Dutch Physician, 1672-85 in India. Son of Servaes H. (d. 1666), a physician, and Elisabeth Vermeer. Studies at Utrecht. In 1671 left for Batavia, 1672-85 living in Coromandel (Paliacatta, Masulipatnam) and Golconda. Returned to Utrecht, M.D. there 1691. From 1703 physician in Rotterdam.

Publications: Op- en ondergang van Cormandel ook Op- en ondergang der Koningen, die zedert weynige jaren, in Golconda, de hoofd-stad van Cormandel geregeerd hebben. 1-3 in 1. Amsterdam 1693.

– A few further works, on Persian and Latin literature.

Sources: *H. Terpstra, “D.H. en zijn ‘Op- en ondergang van Coromandel’”, Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 47, 1954, 165-189; Dutch Indology homepage; Dutch Wikipedia.

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