Johann Joachim Lange

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Johann Joachim Lange (* 1699 in Berlin , baptized May 25, 1699; † August 18, 1765 in Halle / Saale ) was a German mathematician, poet and mineralogist.

Life

Lange received his first lessons from his father, the theologian Joachim Lange , and private teachers. He then attended the school in the orphanage in Halle. Then he moved to the University of Halle , acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy, gave lectures and was accepted as an adjunct at the Philosophical Faculty in Halle in 1721. As a dean at the university, he was appointed professor of mathematics at the philosophical faculty on December 5, 1723 . In the same year he became a member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin . On November 30, 1735, Johann Joachim Lange , nicknamed Apollonius Pergaeus, was accepted as a member ( matriculation no. 450 ) of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian Academy of Natural Scientists , and in 1754 he became a member of the Academy of Non-Profit Sciences in Erfurt .

In the history of the University of Halle, his work as a mathematics professor was judged not to be extraordinary, as he was always overshadowed by Christian Wolff . However, he has made a name for himself through his writings in the field of mineralogy, which were published by Julius Johann Madihn (1734–1789) after his death . He also appeared as a poet at the graduation of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben . Lange also took part in the organizational tasks of the University of Halle and was Vice-Rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semester of 1735 and in 1749/1750 and 1760/1761 as academic director . His wife Johanna Dorothea (née Kaiser; † July 22, 1772 in Halle) married the Halle professor Johann Friedrich Stiebritz on October 27, 1771 .

Fonts

  • Complete mineral cabinet of 6000 pieces of minerals ores, druze, minerals, herbs and fish shippers, also other petrefacts. 1753.
  • Draft instructions for economic calculations. 1754.
  • Dissertatio exhibens lithographiam Halensem. 1758.
  • Caroli Linnaei Systema naturae praefatus est JJ Lange ad editionem X reform. Holmiensem. 2 parts, 1740-1760.
  • Stahl's proof of the salts. 1765.
  • Mineralogical experiences. In: Mineralogical amusement. Vol. IV., 1769.
  • Introduction to mineralogy and metallurgy. Published by Julius Johann Madihn in 1770.
  • Foundation for a chemical knowledge of the body. Published by Madihn in 1770.

literature

  • Wilhelm von Gümbel:  Lange, Johann Joachim . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 641 f.
  • Andreas Kleinert : Johann Joachim Lange (1698–1765), an unknown math professor in Halle in the shadow of Christian Wolff. In: Mathematics Celestial and Terrestrial. Festschrift for Menso Folkerts on the occasion of his 65th birthday, ed. v. Joseph W. Dauben, Stefan Kirschner, Andreas Kühne, Paul Kunitzsch and Richard P. Lorch. Acta Historica Leopoldina 54 (2008), pp. 477-488.
  • Andreas Kleinert: Johann Joachim Lange (1698–1765): A mathematics professor from Halle as a pioneer of the mining sciences. In: State, Mining and Mining Academy. Mining experts in the 18th and early 19th centuries, ed. v. Hartmut Schleiff and Peter Konecny. Stuttgart 2013, pp. 193-204.
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 213 ( digitized version ).
  • Johann Friedrich Stiebritz: Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt: Pagus Neletici et Nudzici, or detailed diplomatic-historical description of the former Primat and Ertz-Stifft, ... (continued) Verlag des orphanage, Halle 1773.
  • Lange, Johann Joachim . In: Werner Hartkopf:The Berlin Academy of Sciences. Its members and award winners 1700–1990. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1992,ISBN 3-05-002153-5.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Erik Amburger : The members of the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin, 1700–1950 , Berlin 1950
personal data
SURNAME Lange, Johann Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Apollonius Pergaeus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, poet and mineralogist
DATE OF BIRTH baptized May 25, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 18, 1765
Place of death Halle (Saale)