Gregor Francke
Gregor Francke (also: Franck ; * December 10, 1585 in Taucha ; † January 2, 1651 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a German Evangelical Reformed theologian.
Life
Francke came from a middle-class family. His grandfathers Georg Hoffmann and Johann Francke were both mayors of Eilenburg and Taucha. His father Gregor Franck († March 16, 1596 in Leipzig) had followed the career of a theologian, worked as a pastor in Taucha and had come to the Leipzig Nicolaikirche as a deacon. From his marriage to Susanna Hoffmann, Gregor also had a son and sister Rahel. Francke attended the St. Nicolai Ratsschule in Leipzig and came to Leipzig University at a young age . Here he completed philosophical studies with Matthäus Dresser and Johann Friderici and theological studies with Burchard Harbart and Zacharias Schilter .
A bachelor's degree at seventeen and a master's degree in philosophy at nineteen . In 1606 he left Leipzig to undertake an educational trip to Bohemia, Thuringia, Saxony, Pomerania and Mecklenburg. In the same year he became a tutor in Berlin . In 1608 he continued his studies at the University of Wittenberg , where he attended lectures by Leonhard Hutter and Jakob Martini for a year and a half . In 1611 he was ordered back to Berlin, where he devoted himself to training the young elector's sons. With these he traveled to France, where he familiarized himself with the French language. After continuing his studies at universities such as Lyon , Geneva and Saumur , he returned to Brandenburg in 1615 and in the same year became professor of the Greek language at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) .
On March 27, 1617 he received his doctorate in theology under Christoph Pelargus and was admitted to the theological faculty as a professor on July 3, 1617. As a university teacher, he gained an excellent position through his eloquence and versatile knowledge, and he tried to peacefully balance the differences that emerged within the Protestant Church. Francke also took part in the organizational tasks of the Frankfurt University. He was once dean of the philosophical faculty, several times dean of the theological faculty and five times, namely in the winter semesters 1616, 1624, 1633, 1645, and in the summer semester 1640, rector of the Alma Mater. He left his library to the Frankfurt University and had done a lot for the Princely School in Joachimsthal , which was devastated in the Thirty Years War . As he got older, his health deteriorated. He was completely blind from 1649 to 1650 and died in his sixty-sixth year.
His marriage on September 25, 1615 to Magaretha Hohenzweig (1575 - March 8, 1647), the widow of the Berlin councilor Kilian Pfeiffer, remained childless.
Works
- De gradibus necessitatis dogmatum Christianorum. 1628
- De coelo beatorum. 1651
- Lexicon sanctum ... cui adjuncta est onomatoscepsia. 1634
literature
- Francke, Gregorius. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 1675.
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1980, vol. 10, p. 133, R 9188
- Gustav Moritz Redslob : Francke, Gregor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 236.
Web link
Individual evidence
- ↑ not 1587
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Francke, Gregor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gregor Franck |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 10, 1585 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Taucha |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 1651 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt Oder |