Joachim Rachel (satirist)
Joachim Rachel (born February 28, 1618 in Lunden in Dithmarschen , † May 3, 1669 in Schleswig ) was a German satirist , called the German Juvenal .
Life
Rachel comes from a Mecklenburg pastor family based in Dithmarschen. His father Mauritius Rachel was a pastor in Lunden. His brother Samuel Rachel was an eminent lawyer.
From 1635 to 1637 he attended the Johanneum in Hamburg before enrolling at the University of Rostock . Here he studied philology under Peter Lauremberg until he hired himself as a court master in Dorpat in 1640 . In 1652 he became school principal in Heide , and in 1660 he took over the same position at the Ulrichsgymnasium in Norden . In 1667 he accepted an appointment as rector of the cathedral school in Schleswig , in which office he died two years later.
Works (selection)
- Epigrammata evangelica. 1654
- German satyrical poems. Frankfurt a. M. 1664
- (Ex.) Hugo Grotius : Christian faith lessons. Aurich 1664
literature
- Eberhard Rack: Article Joachim Rachel , in: 400 Years Ulrichsgymnasium Norden (Ed. Derk de Haan), Norden 1967, p. 93f
- August Sach: Rachel, Joachim . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 99-104.
- Gerhard Dünnhaupt : Joachim Rachel (1618–1669). In: Personalbibliographien zu den Druck des Barock , Vol. 5. Stuttgart: Hiersemann 1991, pp. 3255–66. ISBN 3-7772-9133-1
- Joachim Rachel's Life and Writings. In: Hans Schröder: Joachim Rachel's German satyrical poems. Verlag K. Busch, Altona 1828, ( online )
Web links
- Publications by and about Joachim Rachel in VD 17 .
- Digitized prints by Joachim Rachel (satirist) in the catalog of the Herzog August Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rachel, Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German satirist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1618 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lunden |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1669 |
| Place of death | Schleswig |