Jacob Reich

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Jacob Reich (also: Reichius ; * May 15, 1635 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † June 24, 1690 ibid) was a German rhetorician and poet.

Life

Reich studied at the University of Königsberg and the University of Jena . After earning a master's degree in philosophy, he became rector of the provincial school in Tilsit in 1665 . In 1667 he was appointed professor of rhetoric at the University of Königsberg. Here he developed an extraordinarily lively activity as a poet. In 1673 he bought a printing company in Königsberg.

During his time in Königsberg he also wrote comedies, which he had the students perform based on the model of Simon Dach . Here “A thoughtful comedy by the German and insurmountable Nestor etc.” (Königsberg 1683) and “Artistic speeches in which some plays are located” (Königsberg 1686) can be cited. He also took part in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University and was elected rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semesters of 1674, 1682 and 1690 . He died in his last term of office.

Works

  • Disp. de dominio supereminenti principum
  • Disp. Intercessione tribunitia
  • Disp. De re vehiculari
  • Ad Plinii Epist. Lib. X epist. 14th
  • De coronatione regia
  • De orgine electorum
  • De diplomatibus et Tractoriis of food and mail. Koenigsberg 1678
  • De professoribus, quando skeptra academica tenuerunt, defunctis
  • Spiritual and secular art speeches. Koenigsberg 1691

literature

  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 57, 410
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig, 1751, Vol. 3, Sp. 1974
  • Reich or Reichius, Jacob. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 31, Leipzig 1742, column 15.
  • Georg Christoph Pisanski: Draft of a Prussian literary history in four books. Hartung Verlag, Königsberg, 1886, pp. 267, 283.

Web link

Publications by and about Jacob Reich in VD 17 .

personal data
SURNAME Rich, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jakob Reichius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rhetorician and poet
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1635
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 1690
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)