Andreas Rivinus

Andreas Rivinus (Latinized, also: Bachmann ; born October 17, 1601 in Halle (Saale) ; † April 4, 1656 in Leipzig ) was a German philosopher, neo-Latin poet, philologist and physician.

Life

The son of councilor Andreas Bachmann (* around 1570; † May 18, 1642 in Leipzig) and Dorothea Krebs began studying at the University of Leipzig in 1621 after attending high school in his hometown , soon switched to the University of Jena and proposed next to a philosophical one Study the path of a medical doctor. His parents made it possible for him to go on an educational trip that took him through Holland , England and France . His teachers at that time were Zacharias Brendel (1553–1626) in Jena and Johann Rupert Sultzberger († 1640 in Dresden) in Leipzig, as well as Daniel Heinsius (1580–1655), Petrus Cunaeus , Aelius Everhardus Vorstius , Otto Heurnius , Gilbertus Jaccaeus (1578? –1628) in Leiden and Petrus Bertius (1565–1629) in Paris.

He had also met Bernhard Paludanus (1550–1633) to Enkhuizen and Johann Adolf Ringelstein to Strasbourg as well as in his home town Halle Laurentius Hoffmann (1582–1630) and Matthias Untzer (1581–1629). Returned to Leipzig he was on October 2, 1624 Bachelor and acquired on January 27 of that year, the academic degree of Magister of philosophy. He completed his habilitation and in 1627 was rector of the grammar school in Nordhausen . After three years he went back to Leipzig, where he became an assessor at the philosophical faculty in 1630 and took over the professorship of poetry in 1635 . Rivinus, who was also interested in theological topics, became a member of the small prince's college in 1636 , obtained a licentiate at the medical faculty in 1638 and received his doctorate in medicine in 1644 .

In 1645 he was decemvir of the university and in 1655 took over the professorship of physiology at the medical faculty. Rivinus also took part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig University. He was dean of the philosophical faculty four times and was twice procancellor . In the summer semesters 1639 and 1645 he was rector of the alma mater .

He died on April 4, 1656 and was buried next to his father on April 9, 1656 in the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig , where an epitaph was erected for him .

family

Rivinus was married three times.

On March 5, 1633, he married Catharina Elisabeth († April 1633), the daughter of Hieronymus Berger, the electoral Saxon official in Schkeuditz.

On August 13, 1638 he married Anna Elliger († July 23, 1647), the widow of Wilhelm Avianus († 1636). The marriage resulted in four sons and two daughters, of which one daughter and two sons survived the father.

His third marriage was on March 5, 1650 with Catharina, daughter of the Halle deacon Tilemann Olearius . From this marriage three sons and one daughter were born. We know of the surviving children:

Clara Elisabeth Rivinus
Mark Antony Rivinus
Heinrich Julius Rivinus
Eva Maria Rivinus
Quintus Septimius Florens Rivinus (born August 16, 1651; † March 22, 1713), Saxon Elector of Appeal Council, assessor at the Leipzig court and mayor of Leipzig
August Quirinus Rivinus (December 9, 1652 - December 30, 1723), astronomer and physician
Tilemann Andreas Rivinus (born September 30, 1654 - † January 24, 1692), archdeacon of St. Thomas Church in Leipzig

Works

Pedogerotagogus.
Aristotle cum Platone comparatus.
Lanx satura contra Reinesium.
Antologia epigrammatum veterum, greco-latina.
Coena Cypriani dubia.
Rei hortensis et botanicae scriptores metrici.
Florilegium graeco-latinum diversorum epigrammatum veterum.
Paschali Ratberti carmen geminum cum notis.
De artis typographicae initiis et progressu.
Janua graecae linguae binis clavibus referta.
Eclogae paraphrasticae Psalmorum LI et CXVIIII.
Notae in Dracontium, Cacilii Cypriani Genesin. Et Sodomam; Drepani Flori Psalmos, Victorini Carmen de Jesu Christo, Hildeberti Sermones.
Philo-Physico-Logica.
Collectanea veterum bonorum scriptorum de medicina.
De aestu marino.
De peste medica.
Coelum terrestre poeticum. Leipzig 1631
Panegyris de Victoria Lipsiensi. Leipzig 1631
Coelum terrestre poëticum septilingue. Leipzig 1631
Declamatio latina de Vesuvio. Leipzig 1632
Philologica de peste. Leipzig 1638
Liber physicalium virtutum, compassionum et curationum ex experientia Kiranidarum Kirani et Harpocratione Alexandrino collectus. Leipzig 1638
Diss. De contributionibus. Leipzig 1640
Hecatomba laudum ob inventam Chalcographiam. Leipzig 1640
De pollinctura s. balsamatione corporum. Leipzig 1644
Pervilium Veneris cum notis. Leipzig 1644
Diss. II de venilia et salacia, nec non malacia. Leipzig 1645
Summa poeticæ fastigia, per præcepta, exempla & mythologias, in qvæstiones, aphorismos & emblemata, qvàm brevissimè digesta, enarrata & dissertando in Acad. Leipzig 1645
Diss. De duello Leipzig 1649
Diss. De temperantia gulam pariter et ventrem Veneremque referenante. Leipzig 1649
Diss. De Majumis, Maicampis et Roncaliis. Leipzig 1651
Veterum bonorum scriptorum de medicina Collectanea. Leipzig 1654
Florilegium diversorum epigrammatum veterum Graecorum et c. Leipzig 1657

literature

Rivinus, Andreas. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 31, Leipzig 1742, column 1851-1853.
Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt : Pagus Neletizi et Nudzici, or detailed diplomatic-historical description of the former primacy and Ertz-Stifft, but now secularized by the Duchy of Magdeburg, which belongs to the Duchy of Magdeburg, and of all the cities, palaces, offices, Manors, aristocratic families, churches, monasteries, parishes and villages, especially the cities of Halle, Neumarckt, Glaucha, Wettin, Löbegün, Cönnern and Alsleben; From Actis publicis and credible ... news, collected diligently, reinforced with many unprinted documents, adorned with copperplate engravings and abstracts, and provided with the necessary registers. Emanuel Schneider, Halle 1749/50, Vol. 2, p. 699
Abraham Teller : Devotional inspection of our graves ... In: Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein 1980, Volume 10, p. 184, R 9264
Karl Joseph Bouginé : Handbook of the general Litterar history after Heumann's plan. Volume 3, 1790, p. 245 ( online )
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon. Volume 3, 1751, Col. 2124 ( GoogleBooks )
Johann Burkhard Mencke : Compendioses learned lexicon. 1715, col. 1883 ( GoogleBooks )

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personal data
SURNAME	Rivinus, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bachmann, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher, literary scholar and physician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 17, 1601
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	April 4, 1656
Place of death	Leipzig