Nicolas Struyck

Struyck was a member of the Royal Society of London and the Académie Royale of Paris. Apparently he was well respected by his peers in general, but there did exist animosity between him and Kersseboom. Stuyck wrote a text on the theory of chances. Besides this he wrote two other works which include parts related to probability and statistics. The text and the parts were translated from Dutch into French by J. A. Vollgraff as Les Oeuvres de Nicolas Struyck qui se rapportent au calcul des chances à la statistique des décés et aux rentes viageres tirées des oeuvres complèt published in 1912.  The documents translated are

• Uytreeking der Kansen in het Speelen, door de Arithmetica en Algebra, beneevens eene Verhandeling van Looterijen en Interest. That is, Calculation of the chances in a game, by means of arithmetic and algebra, to which is added a treatise on lotteries and interest. 1716
• Inleiding tot de algemeene geographi, benevens eenige sterrekundige en andere verhandelingen. That is, Introduction to general geography, to which have been annexed some treatises on astronomy and others. This includes as part the Hypotheses on the state of human kind which deals with mortality tables and annuities. 1740
• Vervolg van de beschrijving der staartsterren, en nadere ontdekkingen omtrent den staat van het menschelijk geslagt, uit ondervindingen opgemaakt, benevens eenige sterrekundige, aardrijkskundige en andere aanmerkingen. That is, Sequel on the description of comets, and more detailed discoveries concerning the state of human kind, based on some experiences at the same time as some astronomical, geographic and other observations. 1753

• The introduction to the reader and Struyck's solution of the five problems of Huygens.
• The solution of problems proposed by Jakob Bernoulli in the Journal des Sçavans in 1685.
• The twelfth problem, a discussion of the game of  Trieze.
• The thirteenth problem, a discussion of the game of Pharaon.