Georg Abraham Mercklin

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Georg Abraham Mercklin , Latinized Georgius Abrahamus Mercklinus , (born November 19, 1644 in Weißenburg in Bavaria , † April 19, 1702 in Nuremberg ) was a Nuremberg doctor .

Life

G. Abraham Mercklin was born in the imperial city of Weißenburg in 1644 as the son of the physician Georg Abraham Mercklin (1613–1683 / 84). He studied medicine at the Universities of Altdorf and Wittenberg and qualified as a doctor in Nuremberg from 1670 , where he lived until his death. Mercklin wrote several medical papers.

On September 25, 1676 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina with the surname Chiron I ( matriculation no. 66 ) .

Mercklin was of the Lutheran faith . He died in Nuremberg at the age of 57.

literature

  • August Hirsch :  Mercklin, Georg Abraham . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 407 f.
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 192 (archive.org)
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. In commission at Wilh. Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 149 ( archive.org ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mercklin, Georg Abraham (father) , entry in the DNB.
  2. ^ Member entry by Georg Abraham Mercklin at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on June 2, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mercklin, Georg Abraham
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mercklinus, Georgius Abrahamus (Latinized name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Medic and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1644
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißenburg in Bavaria
DATE OF DEATH April 19, 1702
Place of death Nuremberg