Benedikt Hopffer

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Benedikt Hopffer on a picture in the Tübingen Professorengalerie

Benedikt Hopffer (born September 11, 1643 in Altdorf , † January 29, 1684 in Tübingen ) was a German Protestant theologian as well as professor and rector at the University of Tübingen .

Life

Benedikt Hopffer enrolled in Altdorf in 1656 and in Leipzig in 1658 . In 1660 he got the Bacc. art. and in 1662 Mag. art. He studied theology. In 1664 he enrolled in Tübingen. In 1669 he became the travel preacher of the Württemberg princes Wilhelm Ludwig and Friedrich Karl . In 1672 he became a full professor for practical philosophy (morality) in Tübingen and in 1681 at the same time Ephorus of the Tübingen monastery . In 1683/84 he was rector of the University of Tübingen. His portrait, painted in 1684, hangs in the Tübingen professors' gallery . He was married to Sophie Katharina, a granddaughter of Thomas Lansius and a daughter of Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Entry Benedikt Hopffer on Tobias picture.
  3. ^ Entry Benedikt Hopffer in the DNB catalog.
  4. ↑ Biography of Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach, in: German Biography
personal data
SURNAME Hopffer, Benedict
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Müller, Veit; Myllero, Vito; Myllerus, Vitus; Müllerus, Vitus; Muller, Vitus; Mullerus, Vitus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant theologian as well as university professor and university rector
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1643
PLACE OF BIRTH Altdorf near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 1684
Place of death Tübingen