University of Franeker
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The University of Franeker was a university in Frisia, presently part of the Netherlands, from 1585 to 1811, and was once considered to be the greatest of all Dutch universities. It is the second oldest university of the Netherlands, founded short after Leiden University. Also known as 'Academiae Franekerensis' or the University of Friesland, it was the stopover for many Puritan colonists escaping the persecutions of Bishop Laud on their way eventually to the American Continent. It consisted of a department of Theology, Law, Medicine, Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics. The University was disbanded by Napoleon in 1811.
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