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Ruysch

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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
  • 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

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  1. ^ Ruijsch (y) at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands.
  2. ^ Ruis at the Corpus of First Names in The Netherlands