Andreas Hedio

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Andreas Hedio (also: Hedion ; * July 16, 1640 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † July 11, 1703 ibid) was a German philosopher and librarian.

Life

The son of the Löbenicht brewer Abraham Hedio and his wife Dorothea, daughter of the electoral baker Erhard Kretschmer, had attended school in Löbenicht in the first years of his life. In 1657 he enrolled at the University of Königsberg . He continued his studies at the University of Jena , where he obtained the academic degree of Master of Philosophy in 1663 . In 1667 he became professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Königsberg, in 1669 chief inspector of the alumni and in 1694 librarian of the Königsberg university library in the castle.

He had also given lectures on the new science of physics. He himself had built up an extensive private collection of rifles and collected mathematical instruments, natural objects and coins. His book collection was sold and the remaining collections were brought to the university. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters of 1684, 1692 and 1700 .

family

Hedio was married twice.

His first marriage was on February 10, 1671 with Dorothea (* June 27, 1630 - February 15, 1693), daughter of the archpriest in Lyck Christian Petri and his wife Elisabeth Schultz, who came from Löbenicht.

His second marriage was on February 27, 1696 with Dorothea Louise, daughter of the Kneiphof pastor Jakob Sahme .

There are children from both marriages.

One of these is known from his first marriage to Andreas Hedio (* April 30, 1673; † May 24, 1701). Jur. And from his second marriage

  • Son NN. Hedio (lived 1703)
  • Son NN. Hedio (lived 1703)

Works

  • Organo Aristoteleum, ad veram Aristotelis et Graecorum mentem et methodum ex optimis interpretatibus vetustioribus ac recentioribus concinnatum. Königsberg 1686 2nd vol.
  • Disp. de causis corrutae philosophiae
  • Disp. De theologia Aristotelis
  • Disp. De naturali desiderio sciendi
  • Disp. De vacuo
  • Disp. De differentia scientiae et prudentiae
  • Disp. De felicitate civili
  • Disp. De asylis
  • Disp. De questione: an detur divination per fomnum

literature

  • Hedio, Anton. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 12, Leipzig 1735, column 1070.
  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 384, 395
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1750, Vol. 2, 1431
  • J. Gallandi: Königsberg city families. In .: Rudolf Reinicke, Ernst Wichert: Old Prussian monthly new series. Ferdinand Beyer, Königsberg in Pr. 1882, p. 214
  • Georg Christoph Pisanski: Draft of a Prussian literary history in four books. Hartung Verlag, Königsberg, 1886, pp. 294 f., 507, 557, 688

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