Gottfried Jacob Jänisch (medic, 1707)
Gottfried Jacob Jänisch (born June 14, 1707 in Hamburg ; † March 28, 1781 in Hamburg) was a German doctor and Freemason during the Enlightenment .
Live and act
Gottfried Jacob Jänisch was a son of the doctor Ephraim Jänisch, who came from Silesia . He was a student of the Johanneum and attended the academic high school . He studied at the University of Helmstedt , where he received his doctorate in medicine on May 25, 1734, with the book On the Use of Steam Baths and Smoking in Curing Diseases under Brandan Meibom . After his studies he returned to Hamburg and was soon considered one of the most recognized doctors in the city. On June 19, 1748 he married a daughter of the Hamburg Senator Rudolph Berenberg (1715–1764), with whom he had five sons and one daughter. A son of the same name Gottfried Jacob Jänisch also became a doctor in Hamburg, as did his son Cornelius.
He was admitted to the Freemasons' union on December 18, 1743. After Matthias Albert Luttman withdrew , he was elected Provincial Grand Master on May 22, 1760 .
His extensive library comprised 32,000 volumes, which after his death were divided into seven categories from 1782 to 1787.
In addition, he had a natural history cabinet , consisting of snails , mussels , corals , stuffed birds and fish and numerous fossils . This also included an electrifying machine , air pumps, a materia medica and numerous collection cupboards. These items were auctioned at the beginning of 1784 by the broker Peter Texier.
Fonts (selection)
- De usu vaporationum et suffituum in curatione morborum . Schnorr, Helmstedt 1734 - Dissertation
Portraits
- Johann August Rossäßler: Portrait of Gottfried Jacob Jaenisch d. Ä. Copper engraving, 106 × 75 mm (sheet), ( online , digital portrait index, photo archive photo Marburg)
literature
- Ed. Lorenz Meyer; Oscar L. Tesdorpf, Hamburg Coat of Arms and Genealogies , self-published, Hamburg, 1890, p. 135, ( online )
- Dr. [Hermann Gustav] Gernet: Communications from the older medicinal history of Hamburg . Cultural-historical sketch on a documentary and historical basis. Mauke & Sons, Hamburg 1869, p. 315 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Christian Gaedechens : Commemorative coin for the Provincial Grand Master Gottfried Jacob Jänisch 1778 . In: Association f. Hamburg history (ed.): Hamburg coins and medals . Johann August Meissner, Hamburg 1850, p. 278 ff . ( Digitized version ).
- Entry on Hamburg in the Maçonnieke Encyclopedie
- Jänisch, (Gottfried Jakob) . In: C. Lenning (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Freemasonry . tape 2 , HM. FA Brockhaus , Leipzig 1824, p. 112 ff . ( Digitized version ).
- Johann Smidt : Hanseatisches Magazin , Verlag Friedrich Wilmans, Bremen, 1801, 5th volume, p. 142, digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Schröder : Lexicon of the Hamburg writers to the present. Vol. 3, Perthes-Besser and Mauke, Hamburg 1857, No. 1786
- ↑ Dr. Friedrich Lorenz Hoffmann : Gottfried Jacob Jänisch , in the series: Hamburgische Bibliophilen, Bibliographischen und Literaturhistoriker , in Dr. Robert Naumann (Ed.): Serapeum , Vol 13., TO Weigel, Leipzig, 1852, pp. 180-188, ( online ).
- ↑ Directory of the natural history Cabinet des seel. Jänisch consisting of snails and mussels, spirits, stuffed fish and birds, corals and other sea plants ... (Jan. 13, 1784), Hamburg, DA Harmsen (print), ( digitized ).
Web links
- Correspondence between Gottfried Jacob Jänisch and Carl von Linné
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jänisch, Gottfried Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and freemason |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 28, 1781 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |