Andreas Ellinger

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Andreas Ellinger (* 1526 in Orlamünde ; † March 12, 1582 in Jena ) was a German doctor and neo-Latin poet .

Life

Ellinger enrolled on December 8, 1544 at the University of Wittenberg , where on February 19, 1549 he earned the academic degree of a master's degree from the Faculty of Philosophy. He moved to the University of Leipzig , where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1557 after studying medicine. Afterwards he worked as a general practitioner in Leipzig, gained a good reputation, so that he was appointed associate professor at the medical faculty of the academy.

In 1569 he went to the University of Jena as a full professor , where he worked until the end of his life and had been rector of the institution three times . As a physician, he contributed to the spread of Paracelsus' medicine . During his time in Wittenberg he found poetry and, like Adam Siber and Georg Fabricius , endeavored to revive the early Christian hymn poetry.

Selection of works

  • Hymnorum ecclesiasticorum from AE emendatorum libri III. Frankfurt / Main 1578.
  • Praecipua Catechismi capita et Septem Sapientum Dicta variis carminum generibus pro pueris reddita. Magdeburg 1546, Erfurt 1560.
  • Divini Hippocratis aphorismorum… selectarum… paraphrasis poetica… Hippocratis prognosticorum paraphrasis poetica. Frankfurt / Main 1579.
  • Advice ... how to reserve at the time of the plague. Leipzig 1587.

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personal data
SURNAME Ellinger, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic and neo-Latin poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1526
PLACE OF BIRTH Orlamünde
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1582
Place of death Jena