Aegidius Gutbier

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Agidius Gutbier (born September 1, 1617 in Weißensee , † September 27, 1667 in Ufhoven ) was a German theologian , orientalist and high school teacher .

Life

Gutbier was the son of the mayor of Weißensee, but became an orphan at a young age . He first attended the school in Weißensee, then the monastery school Roßleben and finally the Latin school in Quedlinburg before he went to Riga as a private tutor . In 1645 he began studying at the University of Rostock . Years of study at the universities of Königsberg and Leyden followed . In Leyden, among others, Hiob Ludolf , Jacob Golius , Daniel Heinsius and Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn were students . He then went on to the University of Oxford and Paris .

Gutbier moved to Hamburg after many years of study, where he initially worked as a private tutor again. Then in 1652 he became professor of oriental languages ​​at the local academic high school . He refused calls to Helmstedt and Uppsala . For this he received the professorship for logic in 1660, which Joachim Jungius held until then .

1660 was Gutbier at the University of Giessen to Dr. theol. PhD . In order to be able to print his works to his satisfaction, he founded his own printing company in his house in Hamburg in 1664 , which existed until his death.

On the way to his home in Thuringia, he was suddenly surprised by death.

Works (selection)

  • Novum Jesu Christi Testamentum Syriace cum punctis, vocalibus et versione latine Matthaei. Hamburg 1663–1664.
  • Lexicon Syriacum, continens omnes NT Syriaci dictiones et particulas. Hamburg 1667.
  • Notae criticae in NT Syriacum. Hamburg 1667.

literature

  • Asaph Ben-Tov: Oriental studies at Hamburg's Academic Gymnasium from the beginning to the appointment of Reimarus. In: Johann Anselm Steiger (Hrsg.): The Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg (founded 1613) in the context of early modern science and educational history ( early modern times. Volume 207). De Gruyter 2017, pp. 119–136, pp. 123–128.
  • Ernst Kelchner:  Gutbier, Aegidius . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 215 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Good beer, Aegidius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, orientalist and high school teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissensee
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 1667
Place of death Ufhoven