Heinrich Majus
Heinrich Majus (also: Henricus May ; * February 7, 1632 in Cassel , † December 31, 1696 in Rinteln ) was a German medic and physicist.
Life
The son of the court deacon in Kassel and later archdeacon of the freedom community Mag. Johann Majus (* December 6, 1599 - March 15, 1640 in Kassel) and his wife Catharina († January 7, 1685 in St. Goar), the daughter of the chamber clerk Daniel Schild, had already lost his father in childhood. Since his mother on September 16, 1647 with the professor and Dr. Johannes Crocius married again, he had good prerequisites to develop.
He began his first philosophical and medical studies at the University of Kassel and continued them in Berlin , at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) and in Hamburg . He then went on a gentleman's journey to Holland, visiting the University of Leiden , the University of Franeker and the University of Groningen . In Groningen he received his doctorate in medicine in December 1657 , became city physician in Kassel in 1658 , professor of medicine at the University of Rinteln in 1665 and, at Easter 1669, professor of physics and medicine at the University of Marburg .
In 1672 he was appointed princely Hessian personal physician. In 1682 he briefly resigned his Marburg professorship, went to Kassel and on March 5, 1658 was again professor of medicine at the University of Rinteln. He had also participated in the organizational tasks of the universities. In 1667, 1688, 1689 and 1696 he was rector of the Alma Mater in Rinteln and in 1671 and 1681 rector of the university in Marburg.
Heinrich Majus died on December 31, 1696 in Rinteln. His body was buried on January 8th in Rinteln's Reformed Church.
family
May was married twice. His first marriage was on August 19, 1662 with Dorothea (* November 30, 1630; † February 12, 1670), the daughter of the Hessian lieutenant Heinrich Gleim. There are three children from the marriage. He then married Magdalene, daughter of David Hartmann, a councilor from Kassel in Hesse, on October 2, 1672, his second marriage. The marriage had eight children. Of the children are known:
- Catharina Henriette married October 14, 1698 with Lic. Jur Nikolaus Storch
- Anne Marie married April 23, 1700 with the registrar in Hersfeld Carl Ludwig Koppen
- Catharine Juliane married September 16, 1732 with the court wallpaper painter in Kassel Johann Wilhelm Faust
- Daughter NN. († 1631 in Kassel)
Works
Majus had disputed numerous respondents during his college days. He also appears as an independent author for the works:
- Diss. Inaug. med. (per size Dr.) de fomnambulatione. Groningen 1657
- Oratio inaug. de vitæ humanæ brevirate et artis Apollineæ longitudine. Rinteln 1665
- Program invit. ad Anatomiam publ. Rinteln 1668
- Vale, cum e celeberr. Rinthelicns. Academia ad antiquiss. Marpurgens. Academiam transferietur. Rinteln 1669
- Physicae veteris novæ adornatæ, ad Democriti principia, a Gassendo, Verulamio, Boylæo, Derodone, Digbaeo aliisque redintegrata, synopsis. Frankfurt 1688
- Disp. de morbo castrensi, quem vulgus cephalalgiam epidemicam vocitat. Rinteln 1691
- Pax philofophornm, the union of the Aristotelian and Cartesian philosophy. 1691
- Physiologia medica novo-antiqua. Rinteln, 1695
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder: Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. Verlag Cramer, Kassel, 1788, vol. 8, p. 316, ( online )
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1976, vol. 9, p. 383, R 8699
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Majus, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | May, Henricus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1632 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1696 |
| Place of death | Rinteln |