Heinrich Brucaeus
Heinrich Brucaeus , also Heinrich van den Brock , sometimes incorrectly Heinrich Brucaeus von Aalst (* 1530 in Aalst, Flanders , † January 4, 1593 in Rostock ) was a German physician , astronomer and mathematician .
Life
Heinrich Brucaeus was born in Flanders in 1530 as the son of councilor Gerhard van den Brock. In schools and universities in Ghent , Paris and Bologna he was represented, studied medicine and philosophy and was at the University of Paris to the doctor these two disciplines doctorate . He then worked as a lecturer at the University of Leuven .
He worked as a mathematics professor at the University of Rome . In 1565 he was employed as the personal physician of Maria von Braganza , in 1567 he switched to the University of Rostock as professor of medicine and astronomy . This happened even though he was Catholic. In 1569, 1575, 1581 and 1587 he was the rector of the university . In addition, from 1571 he was the personal physician of the Duke of Mecklenburg .
Brucaeus held the professorship until his death on January 4, 1593. Shortly before, he professed Lutheranism .
Karl Krause calls Brucaeus a "skillful, very sought-after doctor" and an "enormously learned mathematician" . Brucaeus knew the work of Nicolaus Copernicus , whom he held as a mathematician with great respect. Tycho Brahe probably got to know the heliocentric view of the world through Brucaeus during his studies at the University of Rostock . Nevertheless, Brucaeus rejected this system according to the unanimous opinion of his time.
Works (selection)
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- De motu primo libri tres . Lucius, Rostock 1573.
- Mathematicarum exercitationum libri duo . Lucius, Rostock 1575.
- Propositiones de scorbuto . Lucius, Rostock 1576.
- De motu primo libri tres . 2nd edition, Lucius, Rostock 1578.
- Musica theorica . 1609. (published by Joachim Burmeister )
- De motu primo libri tres . 3rd edition, Myliander, Rostock 1585.
- De motu primo libri tres . 4th edition, Myliander, Rostock 1604. (published by Erasmus Stockmann )
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause : Brucaeus, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 374 f.
- Jürgen Hamel: The reprint of a chapter of the main work of Nicolaus Copernicus by Heinrich Brucaeus, Rostock 1573 . In: Contributions to the history of astronomy. Volume 8. Frankfurt a. M. 2006, pp. 19-36. With bibliography of the writings of Brucaeus
Web links
- Literature about Heinrich Brucaeus in the state bibliography MV
- Entry on Heinrich Brucaeus in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
Individual evidence
- ↑ See also the entry by Heinrich Brucaeus in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brucaeus, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aalst, Heinrich Brucaeus von; Brock, Heinrich van den |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1530 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aalst, Flanders |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1593 |
| Place of death | Rostock |