Francis Faber

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Franziskus Faber (also: Franz Faber ; * 1542 in Freiberg ; † April 7, 1593 in Wittenberg ) was a German medic .

Life

The son of Anton Faber (1505–1575) began studying at the University of Wittenberg on February 2, 1560 . Here he first completed a basic course in the seven liberal arts and on August 15, 1564 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. He was then admitted to the Senate of the Faculty of Philosophy in 1567, where he devoted himself to medical studies and completed an educational trip. In 1568 this led him to the University of Padua , where he presumably obtained a medical doctorate . On October 6, 1570, he was at the University of Heidelberg and then worked as a general practitioner in various places.

He worked in Dresden and was city doctor in Chemnitz from 1577 to 1581 . On October 19, 1581 he was appointed second medical professor at the University of Wittenberg and rose to the first medical professorship in anatomy in 1591 after Salomon Alberti had left . Faber also took part in the organizational tasks of the Wittenberg University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters of 1583 and 1589 .

Faber, who had also signed the recognition of the Konkordienbuch , was married to Magdalena (1553-1625), the widow of Salomon Alberti, the daughter of the Torgau city doctor Johannes Kentmann and his wife Magdalena Sponer.

tomb

Epitaph for Franziskus Faber in the castle church Wittenberg

After his death on April 10, 1593, Faber was buried in the Wittenberg Castle Church , in the nave under the organ on the north side. His wife erected a bronze epitaph for him (size 43 × 61 cm). The text on it reads:

“Franciscus Faber, Freibergensis trium Medicorum D. Anthonii Fabri, D. Francisci Wormanni & Iohannes Kentmanni , Filius, Nepos & Gener, ipseq, Facultatis Mediciae D. & Professor in hac Incluta Academia Annos 13. Nec non bis Universitatis Scholasticae Rector, sub hoc Lapide in spe laetae resurrectionis quiescit mortuus. Anno Domini 1593. April 7th Aetatis 51. DFDFF
Nobilis ingenio studiis, pietate, laboratories,
   Vir gravis et praestans arte Machaonia:
Mitibus in mites alijs qui flexter at herbis
   Parcas ipse sibi flectere non potuit.
Omnia Morta rapit, virtus est sola superstes,
   Parcarum in mites despiciens calathos.
      Magdalena, uxor, viro desid. Poni curavit. "

Works

  • De dolore colico. Heidelberg 1570
  • De morbum crisibus ( Responent Rodewalt) Wittenberg 1584
  • De dyspnoea vulgari, eiusque gradibus (Responent Rodewalt) Wittenberg 1585

literature

personal data
SURNAME Faber, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Faber, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medic
DATE OF BIRTH 1542
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiberg
DATE OF DEATH April 7, 1593
Place of death Wittenberg