Heinrich August Gerlach
Heinrich August Gerlach (* in the 18th century in Saxony; † December 10, 1759 in Hamburg ) was a German physician and librettist .
Life
Heinrich August Gerlach studied at the University of Erfurt and worked after his doctorate in philosophy and on September 28, 1741 in medicine later as a doctor in Hamburg.
Gerlach is the author of the libretto Godly thoughts Bey the Cross of Our Savior , which was performed by Johann Adolph Scheibe in 1742.
On November 10, 1742 he was elected member ( matriculation no. 529 ) of the Leopoldina with the academic surname Gesius II .
Fonts
- Dissertatio inauguralis medica de actione et reactione in corpore humano æquali conservanda . Hering, Erfurt 1741 ( digitized version )
- De cura cancri in mamma exulcerati, possibili, exulante chirurgica operations . König, Hamburg 1743 ( digitized version )
Works
- Godly thoughts Bey the cross of Our Savior / A Passion = Oratorio / Poetically designed by Gerlach Doctor of Arzney Art and the Kayserl. Academie der Naturae Curiosorum members and on the most gracious orders into the music And on quiet Friday 1742 in the castle church on Christiansburg Performed musical by Johann Adolph Scheibe Royal Danish Capellmeister . Johann Georg Höpfner, Copenhagen
literature
- Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 511 digitized
- 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. 218 (archive.org)
- Hans Schröder : Lexicon of the Hamburg writers up to the present . 2, Perthes-Besser and Mauke, Hamburg 1854, p. 473 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Entry by Heinrich August Gerlach at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 5, 2019.
- CERL Thesaurus : Gerlach, Heinrich August
- Literature by and about Heinrich August Gerlach in the bibliographic database WorldCat
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerlach, Heinrich August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gesius II. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and librettist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 18th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1759 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |