Heinrich Uranius

Heinrich Uranius (also Henricus Uranius Ressensis ; * 1492 in Rees , † December 6, 1572 in Emmerich ) was a German humanist and rector of the school of scholars in Emmerich.

Life

Born in Rees as Heinrich von dem / aus den Himmel in Pfaffenstrasse (today Kapitelstrasse) and attending elementary school, he called himself Henricus Uranius or Henricus Ressensis (from Rees) as a humanist. He studied philosophy and theology. He was a teacher for 55 years, from 1558 to 1572 he headed the grammar school in Emmerich. One of his sponsors was Andreas Masius , the founder of the University of Duisburg . His scientific merits are particularly in the study of the Hebrew language .

The epitaph in the Emmerich Church of St. Martini paid tribute to him:

Hendricus iacet, hac gelida tellure sepultus,

Uranius, nostra Gymnasiarcha scholae,

Qui tribus in linguis, nec dogmate clarus in uno

Aeternum peperit noun ubique sibi.

Works

Compendium Grammaticae Hebraeae , Basel 1541
Arithmetices introductio , 1556
Ode didaskalike, sapienti mortem, veluti malum aliquod, non esse metuendam, ostendens , Ad Intersignium Monocerotis [Walter Fabritius], Cologne 1569
De re numaria, mensuris, et ponderibus epitome, ex Budaeo , Portio, Alciato , et Georgio Agricola concinnata et aucta, diligenterque recognita , per Henricum Uranium Ressensem, 1569
De Servilium Literarum Apud Hebraeos Usu Et Officiis, de nominu [m] diversitate, eorumq [ue] affixis, de mutandorum vocalium punctorum ratione ... libellus , Cologne 1570 (with a dedication to Andreas Masius)

literature

Christian Gottlieb Jöcher , General Scholars - Lexicon
Moritz Steinschneider , Bibliographical Handbook
Biografisch Archief van de Benelux, BAB I 320,72-74; 682,405 [1]
Jewish Biographical Archive, JBA II, 553,192 [2]

Web links

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Single receipts

↑ In the literature, around 1500 is often given. In E. Wassenbergi Embricensis Embrica Sive Urbis Embricensis Descriptio: Libri Tres (Clivia 1667), III, p. 281, an epitaph is reproduced on which the date of death (VIII. Iduum Dec.) is 79 years of age.
↑ In the dedication of his ode to the Klevian Chancellor Barzius Oliverius, he recalls the time they spent together on the Rees school desk with ludimagister Gerhard Hoebing.
^ Max Lossen , A. Masius: Letters from Andreas Masius and his friends , 1886, p. 440
↑ Translation: It lies, buried in this icy earth, Heinrich Uranius, our school principal, who has made himself an eternal name in three languages, not just brilliantly in a single teaching. In: E. Wassenbergi Embricensis Embrica Sive Urbis Embricensis Descriptio: Libri Tres (Kleve 1667), p. 281 https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/uo/content/titleinfo/1188880
^ Heinrich Uranius: Ode didaskalike, sapienti mortem, veluti malum aliquod, non esse metuendam, ostendens . Ad Intersignium Monocerotis, Cologne 1569 ( google.de [accessed on February 3, 2020]).
↑ M. Lossen, A. Masius: Letters from Andreas Masius and his friends . Рипол Классик, 2012, ISBN 978-5-87418-585-5 ( google.de [accessed on February 3, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Uranius, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ressensis, Henricus Uranius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German humanist and rector of the Emmerich School
DATE OF BIRTH	1492
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rees
DATE OF DEATH	December 6, 1572
Place of death	Emmerich

[1] In the literature, around 1500 is often given. In E. Wassenbergi Embricensis Embrica Sive Urbis Embricensis Descriptio: Libri Tres (Clivia 1667), III, p. 281, an epitaph is reproduced on which the date of death (VIII. Iduum Dec.) is 79 years of age.

[2] In the dedication of his ode to the Klevian Chancellor Barzius Oliverius, he recalls the time they spent together on the Rees school desk with ludimagister Gerhard Hoebing.

[3] Max Lossen , A. Masius: Letters from Andreas Masius and his friends , 1886, p. 440

[4] Translation: It lies, buried in this icy earth, Heinrich Uranius, our school principal, who has made himself an eternal name in three languages, not just brilliantly in a single teaching. In: E. Wassenbergi Embricensis Embrica Sive Urbis Embricensis Descriptio: Libri Tres (Kleve 1667), p. 281 https://sammlungen.ulb.uni-muenster.de/uo/content/titleinfo/1188880

[5] Heinrich Uranius: Ode didaskalike, sapienti mortem, veluti malum aliquod, non esse metuendam, ostendens . Ad Intersignium Monocerotis, Cologne 1569 ( google.de [accessed on February 3, 2020]).

[6] M. Lossen, A. Masius: Letters from Andreas Masius and his friends . Рипол Классик, 2012, ISBN 978-5-87418-585-5 ( google.de [accessed on February 3, 2020]).