Christoph Heidmann
Christoph Heidmann ( Latinized Christophorus Heidmannus ; * 1582 in Helmstedt ( Bodenwerder ?), † 1627 in Sorø , Denmark ) was a German philologist and geographer .
Life
Born and raised in Helmstedt (Bodenwerder?), Christoph Heidmann studied in Helmstedt from 1602 and in 1612 was offered a professorship for rhetoric at the University of Helmstedt ( Academia Julia ). As a university professor, he introduced students such as Hermann Conring and Christoph Schrader to philology . Schrader was appointed to his chair in 1636, a decade after Heidmann's resignation .
During the temporary dissolution of the university due to the plague and the turmoil of the Thirty Years War in 1625/1626, Heidmann left his hometown and the Academia Julia. In 1626 he followed a call from the Academia Sorana to Sorø in Denmark as professor of oratory . He died in Sorø in his first semester.
Through his posthumously published works on the geography of Europe and Palestine , Christoph Heidmann is considered one of the founders of scientific geography . In 1624 he was the first university professor in German-speaking countries to give a lecture on Palestine at the University of Helmstedt.
Works (selection)
- Disputatio Ethica De Fortitudine. Helmstedt 1616
- Oratio De Bibliotheca Julia Habita 1619. Helmstedt 1622
- Epitome Historica De Imperatoribus, Sive Caesaribus Augustis Romanorum. Helmstedt 1623
- Christophori Heidmani Europe. Sive Manuductionis Ad Geographiam Veterem Pars Prima. Helmstedt 1639 (posthumous)
- Christophori Heidmanni Palaestina Sive Terra Sancta. , Helmstedt 1639 (posthumous; digitized )
literature
- Ina Lommatzsch: Heidmann, Christopherus. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 309 f .
- Additional entry in: Paul Zimmermann : Christoph Schrader . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 422-425.
- Hans Haase: The University of Helmstedt 1576-1810. Pictures from their history. Jacobi-Verlag, Bremen / Wolfenbüttel 1976, p. 82, ISBN 3-87447-052-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Christoph Heidmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Christoph Heidmann in the German Digital Library
- Search for Christoph Heidmann in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Publications by and about Christoph Heidmann in VD 17 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isak Collijn : Catalog of the incunabula of the Kgl. Uppsala University Library. Almqvist & Wiksell, Uppsala 1907, p. 479.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heidmann, Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heidmannus, Christophorus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1582 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helmstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1627 |
| Place of death | Sorø , Denmark |