Adam Friday

Heusden in the 17th century

Adam Freitag (* Toruń 1608 ; † 1650 in Kėdainiai ; also Adammus Freitag and Adam Freytag ) was a Polish war builder (engineer) and doctor.

Life

Friday was a Prussian by birth. He was first in the service of Waladislaus Sigismund of Poland and later moved to the Netherlands. He received his doctorate in medicine and philosophy in Leiden and was later professor of mathematics in Kiejdany ( Lithuania ) and personal physician to Prince Janusz Radziwill . Together with Wilhelm Dilich he is considered to be the main representative of the Old Dutch manner for the defense of flat regions. The Dutch fortress town of Heusden was his great ideal.

Works

• Architectura militaris nova et aucta, or Newe increased fortification ... described by Adamum Friday. Leyden: Elzeviers, 1631.
• Prognosticon astrologicum abo rozsadekgwiazd niebieskich na rok panski (1635)

literature

• Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Vol. 2, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Munich 1962, entry "Adam Freytag".
• Karl Johann Casimir von Landmann :  Friday, Adam . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 350.

Web links

• Publications by and about Adam Freitag in VD 17 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mieke Dings (Ed.): De stad. Rotterdam 2006, p. 27 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
2. ^ The Rothenberg Fortress - The fortress construction in the 18th century, measures for preservation and possibilities for preservation (PDF, 1.5 MB) opus-bayern.de. Retrieved July 14, 2010.