Balthasar Simon
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Balthasar Simon in a picture in the professors' gallery in Tübingen
Balthasar Simon (born March 29, 1591 in Schmalkalden ; buried on October 7, 1635 in Tübingen ) was a German doctor and professor at the University of Tübingen .
Life
Balthasar Simon enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1609 . He became a physician in Speyer , Aalen , Heidenheim an der Brenz and Stuttgart . In 1628 he became a full professor of theoretical medicine and philosophy in Tübingen.
He was the brother of Johannes and Jörg Simon and the father of Jakob Balthasar and Eva Maria Simon . In 1635 he fell victim to the plague .
His portrait, painted in oil by Conrad Melberger in 1628, hangs in the Tübingen professors' gallery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Reinhold Scholl: The portrait collection of the University of Tübingen, 1477 to 1927. Writings of the Verein für Württembergische Familienkunde, volume 2, published by K. Ad. Emil Müller, Stuttgart, 1927.
- ^ Entry by Balthasar Simon on Tobias picture.
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SURNAME | Simon, Balthasar |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Simonius, Balthasar; Simonius, Balthasarus; Simonus, Balthasarus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1591 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Schmalkalden |
DATE OF DEATH | before October 7, 1635 |
Place of death | Tübingen |