Christoph Helwig senior
Christoph Helwig (Senior) (born September 20, 1642 in Anklam ; † May 27, 1690 in Greifswald ) was a German professor of medicine.
Life
He was the son of the Anklam physician Anton Helwig and Hedwig Illies. In 1656 he went to the University of Greifswald , where he lived with Professor Michaelis and heard from Friedrich Monau and Marcus Bernhardinus. In order to be able to read medical texts in the original, he studied the Arabic languages. He heard medical lectures from Johann Heun .
In 1659 Helwig went to Leipzig and heard a. a. with Johannes Michaelis . In 1662 he returned home because of his father's illness. Shortly afterwards his mother died.
Helwig continued his studies in Leyden . In 1663 he traveled to London and brought back a valuable collection of writings. He went to Italy via Paris. End of 1665 he went to Basel , where he in April of the following year for doctoral doctorate . In the same year he returned to Anklam.
In 1667, Helwig received a professorship for medicine in Greifswald. In the same year he married the daughter of Professor Johann Heun , Anna Regina Heune. Helwig had three daughters and five sons with her, u. a. Joachim Andreas Helwig (1677–1736) and Christoph Helwig (1679–1714). His daughter Gertrud Hedwig (1668-1691) married the later superintendent Heinrich Brandanus Gebhardi in 1688 .
In 1669, 1673, 1678 and 1686 he was elected rector of the university. In 1684 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
As a practicing doctor, Helwig u. a. Elector Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg and Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg .
See also
literature
- Dirk Alvermann , Birgit Dahlenburg : Greifswald heads. Scholar portraits and life pictures from the 16th to 18th centuries Century from the Pomeranian State University. Hinstorff, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-356-01139-1 , p. 94 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ The rectors of the university. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 17, 2010 ; Retrieved August 30, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Gerdes | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1669 |
Albert Vogt |
| Petrus Maskow | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1673 |
Jakob Henning |
| Johannes Pomeresche | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1678 |
Joachim Rosenow |
| Petrus Maskow | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1686 |
Jakob Balthasar |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Helwig, Christoph senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Helwig, Christoph; Helwigius, Christophorus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1642 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Anklam |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 27, 1690 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |