Christian Sahme

Christian Sahme (born January 10, 1663 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † July 26, 1732 there ) was a German Lutheran theologian , mathematician and astronomer .

Life

The son of the Königsberg professor Jakob Sahme and his wife Dorothea, daughter of the pastor of the Königsberg old town Martin Wolder, first attended the school in Kneiphof . In 1679 he moved to the University of Königsberg , where Andreas Hedio , Conrad Vogt , Georg Thegen and Georg Wosegin became his formative teachers. In 1685 he moved to the University of Kiel , where he lectured by Matthias Wasmuth (1625–1688), Heinrich Opitz (1642–1712), Samuel Reyher (1635–1714), Christian Kortholt the Elder. Ä. (1632–1694) and Christoph Franck (1642–1704) frequented. In 1686 he traveled to Hamburg to continue his studies with Esdras Edzardus . He then attended the lectures given by theologians Johann Benedict Carpzov , Johannes Olearius , August Pfeiffer and Valentin Alberti at the University of Leipzig . With Gottfried Kirch and Christoph Pfautz , he worked on mathematics and astronomy.

From Leipzig he moved to the University of Jena where he was accepted into the house of Professor Georg Schubart (1650–1701). He attended the lectures of Erhard Weigel (1625–1699), Kasper Posner (1626–1700), Kaspar Sagittarius (1643–1694), Johann Andreas Schmidt (1652–1726) and Johann Andreas Danz (1654–1727), as well as the theological ones Lectures by Friedemann Bechmann (1628–1703), Valentin Veltheim (1645–1700) and Johann Wilhelm Baier (1647–1695). In Jena, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy, traveled to Nuremberg and Altdorf in order to complete further training with Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633–1705) and Johann Christoph Sturm (1635–1703). Then he moved to Holland via Frankfurt am Main, Cologne and Wesel. There he met the scholars of his time, including Burchard de Volder (1643–1709). In 1689 he returned to Königsberg.

Here he gave lectures at the philosophical faculty of the University of Königsberg. In 1694 he became sub-inspector of the alumni and in 1701 professor of mathematics at the grammar school and rector of the Johannesschule in Danzig. In 1702 he returned to Königsberg, where he became pastor at the church in Roßgarten and in 1709 he was archdeacon at the church in Königsberg's old town . After he had been appointed associate professor of theology at the University of Königsberg, he received his doctorate in theology on December 27, 1710. In 1718 he was promoted to fourth full professor. In 1721 he became the third full professor. In this capacity he was dean of the theological faculty eight times. In his mathematical and astronomical research, Sahme dealt intensively with theological references. In addition, Sahmes smaller treatises deal with the shape of the earth, the earthquake, the calculation of the eclipses and the occultations of a star by the moon.

Sahme died in 1732. His body was buried in the professors' vault of the Königsberg Cathedral.

On October 26, 1705 he married Anna Elisabeth (* April 25, 1672; † December 31, 1706), daughter of the royal councilor Albrecht Pegau. His daughter Gertrud Dorothea (born December 3, 1706) married the Hofrat Heinrich Werner on September 26, 1726.

Works

De Connexione fidei et operum, sub praesidio Dr. jo. Gv. Baier. Jena 1686
De Regressu solis tempore Hezekiah ex 2. Reg. XX. 8–11 et Es. XXXXVIII. I.8. Prior, Regiom. Per recipe. In facultatem, 1689, 1696
De Ecclipsium cuasis et calculo. Koenigsberg 1689
de divisione circuli. 1692
Dissertationis Ethicae. Koenigsberg 1699, 1700
- de invito et spontanco
- de fine hominis
- de virtute morali
- de proaeresi et voluntate
- de fortitudine et temperantia
- de libero arbtrio
de occultatione stellarum fixarum per lunam. 1701
Dissertation. Mathematicae Gedan. Koenigsberg 1702
- de transitu Israēlitarum per mare rubrum
- de columna nubis et ignis
- de figura terrae
- de situ telluris
- de motu telluris Diss. 1, 2, 3
Utrum singularium scientia detur. Koenigsberg 1705
de Cathedris Apostolorum. Koenigsberg 1705
De occultatione stellarum fixarum per lunam. Koenigsberg 1705
de confirmatione secundo Pontificiorum Sacramento, Diss. Prior, pro gradu Doctorali, praeside Dr. Bernhard von Sanden. Königsberg 1710, posterior, pro loco Preofess. Extraord. Cod.
de Spiritu interpretandi scripturas. Königsberg 1712 ( online )
de agno paschali, quem Jesus ea nocte, qua traditus est, cum discipulis suis comedit. Koenigsberg 1712
de mandato fidei in Jesus Christ. Koenigsberg 1712
de juramento in symbola et libros symbolicos. Koenigsberg 1713
de precibus pro defunctis. Koenigsberg 1714
de viro dolorum, ex Esa LIII. 3. per Loco Profess. Ordin. Koenigsberg 1718
Theses de Scriptura S. et Religione, contra objectiones Socinianorum. 1722
Thesis Selecta De Religione, Ab Obiectionibus Socinianorum Aliorumque Vindicata. Königsberg 1723 ( online )

literature

Michael Lilienthal : Acta Borussica ecclesiastica, civilia, Literaria. Or a careful collection of all kinds of news, certificates, writings and documents belonging to the history of the State of Prussia. Verlag Christoph Gottfried Eckart, Königsberg and Leipzig, 1732, 3rd vol. P. 757 ( online in the Google book search)
Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 185, 216
Friedrich Johann Buck: Biographies of the deceased mathematicians in general and of the great Prussian mathematician P. Christian Otters, who died more than a hundred years ago, credibly promoted to print, especially in two departments. Hartung & Zeise, Königsberg and Leipzig, 1764, p. 131 ( online in the Google book search)
Georg Christoph Pisanski: Draft of a Prussian literary history in four books. Hartung Verlag, Königsberg, 1886, p. 440
J. Gallandi: Königsberg city families. In .: Rudolf Reinicke, Ernst Wichert: Old Prussian monthly new series. Ferdinand Beyer, Königsberg in Pr. 1883 p. 568
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, 1751, Vol. 4, Sp. 31
Sahme, Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 33, Leipzig 1742, column 604 f.
Siegmund Günther: Sahme, Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 30, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 175 f.

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personal data
SURNAME	Sahme, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Lutheran theologian, mathematician and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 10, 1663
PLACE OF BIRTH	Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH	July 26, 1732
Place of death	Königsberg (Prussia)