Elias Ladiver

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Elias Ladiver (* around 1630 in Sillein ; † April 2, 1686 in Eperies ; also written Ladiwer ) was a Hungarian pedagogue and playwright.

Life

Born the son of the pastor of the same name († 1676), he attended high school in Sárospatak under Johann Amos Comenius in 1650 . On November 11, 1651 he moved to the University of Wittenberg , in 1653 became rector of the school in his birthplace and in 1659 went to Bartfeld as a teacher . After he had worked as a pastor in Teple for six months , he became a grammar school professor of logic and poetry at the college of the evangelical estates in Eperies in 1667. He had earned a reputation as a good expert on Aristotle .

In 1672 he fled from there because the Protestants had been persecuted in Hungary. About Danzig and Königsberg i. Drawing student, he found a new position in 1673 as extraordinary lecturer at the grammar school in Sibiu . In 1678 he became the rector of the Schäßburg Mountain School , wrote the school regulations there and created the institution's register . His writings are theological and philosophical in content. His most important student was Martin Kelp . In 1681 he again took over the leadership of the restored evangelical college in Eperies, which office he held until the end of his life.

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personal data
SURNAME Ladiver, Elias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ladiwer, Elias (spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Pedagogue and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH around 1630
PLACE OF BIRTH Sillein
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 1686
Place of death Eperies