Georg Agricola (humanist)
Georg Agricola (* around 1530 in Mimbach near Amberg; † January 12, 1575 in Amberg ) was a German educator and physician.
Live and act
Agricola attended school in Amberg and enrolled on September 22, 1548 as a student at the University of Wittenberg , where he acquired the degree of master's degree on August 3, 1553. Due to a close friendship with Philipp Melanchthon , he became a senior teacher at the Martinschule in Amberg on May 13, 1554 on his recommendation and took over the rectorate of this institution from 1555 to 1569. This facility flourished under his leadership. During this time he maintained relationships with Paul Eber and Johannes Sturm .
As an opponent of Calvinism , however, he was refused entry into the Palatinate electoral pedagogy. Therefore, for various reasons, he devoted himself to self-study in medicine and in 1569 again attended the University of Wittenberg, where he received his doctorate in medicine on April 6, 1570.
On May 1, 1570 he became a city physician in Amberg and continued to teach at the Martinsschule, for which he wrote school regulations in 1571. Agricola's humanistic education can be found in the Latin eulogy for the city of Amberg, which he received in 1559 during the visit of Elector Friedrich III. published by the Palatinate . In addition, some medical prescriptions for the Amberg governor, the later Elector Ludwig VI. , and rules of conduct for the outbreak of epidemics in Amberg in 1571 and 1574.
genealogy
From his two marriages to Magaretha Volg and Veronica Steinhauser, eight children were born. Michael Agricola, Johann Georg Agricola and Johann Agricola are the best known and one daughter married the manorial judge in Winklarn.
literature
- Hans Burkard: Agricola, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 97 ( digitized version ).
- Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence. People, Volume 11.
- Hans Theodor Koch: The Wittenberg Medical Faculty (1502–1652) - A biobibliographical overview. In: Stefan Oehmig: Medicine and social affairs in Central Germany during the Reformation. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02437-7 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Agricola, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German educator and physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1530 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mimbach |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 12, 1575 |
| Place of death | On the mountain |