Cornelis drebbel biography for kids
Biography for 2nd graders.
Cornelius Drebbel (1572 - 1633)
Cornelius Drebbel ©Drebbel was a Dutch inventor whose many inventions included the first submarine.
Cornelius Drebbel was born in Alkmaar in the Netherlands in 1572.
He had a basic education and was initially apprenticed to a painter and engraver Hendrick Goltzius, who probably introduced him to alchemy.
Cornelis drebbel biography for kids
Drebbel became increasingly interested in inventions and as his fame grew, he attracted the attention of the new king of England, James I, who was keen to gather explorers, theologians, economists and alchemists around him at court.
Consequently he invited Drebbel to England in 1604.
While at court, Drebbel demonstrated a number of his inventions. He was most famed for his perpetual motion machine, which told the time, date, and season, and was mounted in a globe on pillars.
The invention became so famous that Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, invited Drebbel to Prague in 1610 and 1619. Turbulent imperial politics saw him arrested on both occa