Jakob Sahme

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Jakob Sahme (also Jacob Sahm; born May 28, 1629 in Königsberg (Prussia) ; † November 23, 1680 ibid) was a German philologist and Protestant theologian.

Life

The son of the Königsberg councilor of the same name (born November 14, 1579; † June 23, 1641) and his second wife Agnes († May 22, 1627), daughter of the Königsberg chancellery administrator Christoph Althaus, had initially attended the cathedral school in his hometown. After he had studied at the University of Königsberg , at the University of Wittenberg and at the University of Rostock , he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy in Königsberg on April 3, 1655. He then went on an educational trip that took him to Holland and England.

After returning to his homeland, he became professor of Greek in 1658 and professor of rhetoric in 1662. In this capacity he also participated in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semester . Dedicating himself to a theological office, he became archpriest in Bartenstein in 1666 . In 1673 he followed a call as pastor at the cathedral in Kneiphof , thus becoming inspector of the Königsberg schools and assessor of the Samland consistory in Königsberg.

family

Sahme had married on October 23, 1658 with Dorothea (* March 22, 1641, † February 16, 1703), the daughter of the pastor of the old town, Martin Wolder. Children from marriage come from these:

  • Christian Sahme (born January 10, 1663; † July 26, 1732)
  • Theodor Sahme (May 9, 1665 - April 1666)
  • Jakob Friedrich Sahme (born September 28, 1669 - † January 10, 1724) court court advocate, commission and city council of the old town
  • Daniel Kornelius Sahme (* December 31, 1674; † March 11, 1706) advocate of the court of the three cities and councilor in the old town of Königsberg
  • Dorothea Louise Sahme (lived 1724) married. November 27, 1696 with the professor and librarian Andreas Hedio (* July 16, 1640; † July 11, 1703)
  • Adelgunde Sahme (* December 23, 1676; † 1736) m. I with pastor Georg Stabenau, II with the merchant of the old town Hermann Rhode
  • Anna Maria Sahme (lives 1724) married. with the deacon in Mietau Michael Lange
  • Son NN. Sahme (lives 1680)
  • Son NN. Sahme († young)
  • Daughter NN. Sahme († young)

Works

  • Disputatio Optico-Physica De Visionis Modo. Koenigsberg 1649
  • Dissertatio Historico-Politica De Lege Regia. Koenigsberg 1662
  • Disp. De conscientia tam in Genere quam in specie

literature

  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, Part 2, pp. 370, 410
  • J. Gallandi: Königsberg city families. In .: Rudolf Reinicke, Ernst Wichert: Old Prussian monthly new series. Ferdinand Beyer, Königsberg in Pr. 1883, p. 567
  • 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. 4, Sp. 32
  • August Rudolph Gebser, Ernst August Hagen: The cathedral to Königsberg in Prussia. Verlag Hartung, Königsberg, 1835, p. 351 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Sahme, Jakob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sahm, Jacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philologist and Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1629
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1680
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)