Georg Corvin
Georg Corvin (us) (* around 1608 in Herborn ; † August 7, 1645 in Amsterdam ) was a professor of philosophy.
His father was the printer and publisher Christoph Corvin (1552-1620), his mother was Ursula, daughter of the bailiff Hilgard in Grüningen / Wetterau (died around 1607) or Anna Hermann from Herborn, who married his father in 1608.
From 1618 Corvin was on the pedagogy in Herborn, from 1624 he studied at the high school in Herborn . He eventually became professor of eloquence and history at the High School in Herborn. At the same time, Corvin continued to run his father's print shop together with his brother-in-law Johann Georg Mudersbach. Mudersbach was the administrator of the estate of Johann Heinrich Alsted, who died in 1638 . Corvin died in the Netherlands on a collection trip for the good of the Herborn High School, which had run down during the Thirty Years' War.
literature
- Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography . Wiesbaden 1992, p. 111.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corvin, Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corvinus, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher, professor of philosophy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1608 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herborn |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1645 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |