Burchard de Volder (26 July 1643 – 21 March 1709) was a Dutch physicist.
He earned his medical doctorate from the University of Leiden under Franciscus Sylvius in 1664.
[3] Thanks to the efforts of the Volder, a physics laboratory at the University of Leiden was established in 1675.
He collected measuring instruments of all kinds and performed many physics demonstrations, particularly those illustrating the discoveries of Robert Boyle.
[4][5] De Volder's work drew many foreign students.