David Heinrich Koepken
David Heinrich Köpken , also Köpke; Koepkenius (born November 5, 1677 in Bardowick , † May 15, 1731 in Rostock ) was a German Lutheran theologian, librarian and rector of the University of Rostock .
Life
David Heinrich Köpken was the son of Dr. jur. and lawyers Johann Heinrich Köpken and his wife Clara Margarethe Scharfen, daughter of the Lüneburg canon, pastor and superintendent David Scherfen. After attending the Michaelis School in Lüneburg, he studied in Helmstedt from 1693, moved to Jena in 1695, was again in Helmstedt and then in Hamburg with the orientalist Esdras Edzardus . From 1698 he studied at the University of Rostock, in 1700 he received his master's degree at the Philosophical Faculty and in 1703 his doctorate at the Faculty of Theology as a Bachelor of Theology. In 1704 he was appointed ducal public extraordinary professor. In the summer semester of 1704, Andreas Habichhorst graduated from the Theological Faculty with a doctorate. theol. In 1708 he was appointed ducal public and full professor of poetry at the Philosophical Faculty. In 1720 and 1726 he was rector of the university. In addition, he was dean of the Philosophical Faculty fourteen times. He also worked as a librarian at the Academic Library from 1712 to 1714. Here he made a name for himself in expanding the holdings and cataloging. For example, he bought valuable books from an auction in Johannes Fecht's library . A portrait of Köpken is in the painting collection of the University of Rostock.
family
From 1704 David Heinrich Köpken was married to Anna Catharina, b. Pape (1686–1713), daughter of the Lüneburg lawyer Joh. Pape. All five children in this marriage died shortly after birth. In his second marriage from 1719 he was married to Anna Maria Pauli (1695–1738), daughter of Dr. jur. Daniel Friedrich Pauli. This marriage also had five children, of which Anne Margarethe, Daniel Friedrich and Catharine Marie outlived their father. Köpken's sister Anna Maria was the wife of the theology professor Johann Peter Grünenberg .
Fonts (selection)
- Commentation historico-theologica de fabulosa, variisque fraudibus quondam obnoxia & delusa megapoli, From the fabulous Meklenburg, once seduced by Mancherley fraud. Joachimum Wildium, Rostock 1720
literature
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5230 .
- Something of learned Rostock things, for good friends. Sixth year MDCCXLII, 23rd week, Warningck, Rostock 1742, pp. 357–368 ( RosDok )
Web links
- Literature about David Heinrich Köpken in the state bibliography MV
- Works by David Heinrich Köpken in the state bibliography MV
- Publications by and about David Heinrich Köpken in VD 17 .
- Publications by and about David Heinrich Köpken in VD 18 .
- David Heinrich Köpken in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Entry on David Heinrich Köpken in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- David Heinrich Köpken in the register of persons and corporations, state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ^ David Heinrich Köpken entries in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ a b Something about learned Rostock things… pp. 358–359 (see literature).
- ^ Gustav Willgeroth : The Mecklenburg-Schwerin Parishes since the Thirty Years' War. Volume 3. Wismar 1925, pp. 1395-1396
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Köpken, David Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Köpke, David Heinrich; Koepkenius, David Henricus; Koepke, David Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian, librarian, rector of the University of Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1677 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bardowick |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 1731 |
| Place of death | Rostock |