Christian Maximilian Spener
Christian Maximilian Spener (born March 31, 1678 in Frankfurt am Main ; † May 5, 1714 in Berlin) was a German medic , heraldist and genealogist .
Christian Maximilian Spener was born as the son of the theologian Philipp Jacob Spener . In 1697 he went to study medicine at the University of Giessen , where he obtained his doctorate . In 1701 he became court medical officer in Berlin and a member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences there . He was a member of the Berlin Collegium Medicum . On September 4, 1702 he was awarded the academic nickname Clidemus I. a member ( 251 Matriculation no. Of) Leopoldina selected.
From 1705 he was professor of physics (Philosophia naturalis), genealogy and heraldry at the Berlin Knight Academy . After Spener was active as senior herald's councilor in the Kingdom of Prussia in 1706 , he was appointed Count of the Court of the Palatinate by the imperial vicar August the Strong . King Friedrich Wilhelm I commissioned him to build an anatomy chamber. But he couldn't finish the job.
He was married to a daughter of the lawyer Ludwig Günther Martini .
In his honor Protorosaurus speneri was named, an extinct lizard from the copper shale .
literature
- Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 485 digitized
- Johann Christoph Müller and Georg Gottfried Küster : Old and New Berlin. Third division. Berlin 1756, Sp. 77, 175ff. and 478.
- Short description of the life of the blessed royal. Prussian Hoffrath Speners. In: Deutsche Acta Eruditorum . 28. Theil (1714), pp. 348-352.
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 203 digitized
- Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 153 ( archive.org ).
- Spener, Christian Maximilian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 38, Leipzig 1743, column 1485 f.
Web links
- Member entry of Christian Maximilian Spener at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on December 15, 2017.
- Member of the Royal Prussian Society of Sciences (today: Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences )
- Portrait of Christian Maximilian Spener in the digital portrait index of the graphic portraits of the early modern period
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spener, Christian Maximilian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clidemus I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic, genealogist and heraldist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1678 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 5, 1714 |
| Place of death | Berlin |