Daniel Beckher the Younger

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Daniel Beckher the Younger (born January 5, 1627 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † January 31, 1670 ibid) was a German medic.

Life

Beckher was the son of Daniel Beckher the Elder . In his youth he was trained by private tutors and at the age of eleven he went to Thorn, where he learned the Polish language and acquired a comprehensive foundation in the general areas of knowledge of the time. When he returned home, he moved to the university in his hometown , where he gave a speech at the university's anniversary at the age of seventeen. On June 24, 1646, he completed a boat trip that took him to Lübeck . From here he moved on via Hamburg to the University of Wittenberg , where he was recorded on July 21, 1646 in the university's register.

After a year of study, he attended the University of Leipzig , the University of Altdorf , the University of Ingolstadt and the University of Tübingen . In some cities and at some princely residences he had also visited the botanical gardens and anatomical collections. Then he continued his studies at the University of Strasbourg for a long time . He traveled via Basel to the French University of Montpellier to conduct botanical studies. By 1650 he had pursued further studies in Marseille , Bologna , Venice and Padua . So he returned to Strasbourg, where he received his doctorate in medicine with the disputation de pestilentia on September 22, 1652 .

From there he went to his homeland in Königsberg, where he was accepted as an adjunct at the medical faculty of the Königsberg University in 1653. In 1656 he took over the third full professorship in medicine there, and in 1663 became the second full professor of the same and, associated with it, electoral Brandenburg council and personal physician. He had also participated in the organizational tasks of the University of Königsberg. He was dean of the medical school seven times. In the winter semesters of 1665/66 and 1669/70 he was elected rector of the Alma Mater, but died while he was executing his second term. On February 7th, his body was buried in the professors' vault of Königsberg Cathedral.

family

Beckher was married twice.

His first marriage was in 1654 with Regina (* March 15, 1633 - October 28, 1668), daughter of the heir to Sünnicken, Kasebalk, Moditten, etc. Christoph Schimmelpfennig and his wife Anna Weinbeer.

His second marriage was on January 21, 1670 with Sophia (* 1645), daughter of the Königsberg councilor Cyriacus Heilsberger and his wife Regina Lölhövel.

While the second marriage remained childless, the children come from the first marriage:

  • Maria Sophia Beckher (January 5, 1655 - March 16, 1723)
  • Anna Regina Beckher (* December 23, 1655; † 1732) married. February 16, 1692 with the electoral councilor and rentmaster in Brandenburg Zacharias Hesse
  • Daniel Christoph Beckher Professor med. University of Königsberg
  • Loysa Beckher (April 26, 1659 - May 3, 1659)
  • Johann Friedrich Beckher (* July 5, 1660; † 1661)
  • Loysa Beckher (born August 28, 1661 - † June 10, 1662)
  • Christian Friedrich Beckher (born December 19, 1662; † 1714) was married to Legation Councilor in Berlin. April 11, 1692 with Henriette Juliane, daughter of the mayor of Cölln on the Spree Heinrich Julius Brandes
  • Johann Beckher (born February 19, 1664)
  • Eleonore Beckher (born February 19, 1664, † 1729) married. I. marriage with the archpriest in Insterburg Melchior Becker (1643–1694) and in II. Marriage with the Dr. med. Christian Pickert
  • Charlotte Beckher (7 September 1665 - 21 September 1665)
  • Ludwig Beckher (* 1666; † 1672)
  • Johanna Beckher (born April 15, 1668; † 1729) married. April 30, 1711 with the deacon Johann Friedrich Fock in Insterburg

Works

  • Diss. De Hydrops Ascites. Koenigsberg 1655
  • Diss. De scorbuto,
  • Diss. De convulsionibus,
  • Diss. De epilepsies
  • Disputatio inaug. med. De pestilentia. Strasbourg 1652.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Beckher the Younger, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1627
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH January 31, 1670
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)