Ruysch
Ruysch or Ruijsch is a Dutch patronymic surname, derived from the archaic Dutch given name Ruis.[1][2] Variant forms are Ruijs, Ruis and Ruisch. People with the surname include:
- Johannes Ruysch (c.1460–1533), Dutch explorer, cartographer, astronomer, manuscript illustrator and painter
- Ruysch Map of the World, his 1507 map, second to show the New World
- Frederik Ruysch (1638—1731), Dutch doctor and anatomist, remembered for his developments in anatomical preservation
- Rachel Ruysch (1664—1750), Dutch artist who specialized in still-life paintings of flowers, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
- Anna Ruysch (1666–1741), Dutch flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch
References[edit]
- ^ Ruijsch (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
- ^ Ruis at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands
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