Johann Adam Braun

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Johann Adam Braun (born May 3, 1765 in Mainz , † approx. 1808 ) was a German theologian and doctor.

Life

Johann Adam Braun grew up in Mainz , which at the time of his birth belonged to the three ecclesiastical electoral princedoms of the German Empire, along with Kurköln and Kurtrier. He first studied philology, theology and canon law at the University of Mainz and, after completing his baccalaureate, acquired a licentiate (teaching permit) in Catholic theology, which is the prerequisite for a theological doctorate. In 1784, a Johann Adam Braun is mentioned as pastor in Sulzheim , who belonged to Kurmainz until 1797, but whether this is the one presented here has not yet been proven. The Mainz doctoral thesis in the field of canon law by Johann Adam Braun dates back to September 10, 1787. Perhaps as a result of unrest in Mainz - in 1790 there was a craftsmen's revolt against university organs provoked by students - or in the absence of other offers, Braun followed suit Marburg , where he received in 1791 the Catholic parish instead of a canon 'Karl Falciola, and the following year also honorary professor of Roman Catholic canon law at the local university . In 1796 he received his doctorate in Catholic theology. In addition to his teaching and preaching position, he now also devoted himself to medicine and attended lectures by Ernst Gottfried Baldinger , Georg Wilhelm Stein the Elder , Christian Friedrich Michaelis (1754–1818), Conrad Mönch (1744–1805) and Johann Wilhelm Christian Brühl, among others (1757-1806). In 1801 he resigned his offices and went to further medical studies at the University of Jena . With Johann Christian Stark he finally received his doctorate a third time in 1804, now in medicine.

Subsequently, Johann Adam Braun is said to have gone to Russia as a doctor. The hint that has been rumored to this day is probably based on a reading error in the early literature. The writings published by Johann Adam Braun, “Member of the Petersburg Society and Professor of Philosophy”, mentioned in “Meusel's learned Teutschland” (Lemgo 1767, p. 41/42), however, appeared from 1756 to 1760 and contain scientific observations. It is also questionable that Johann Adam Braun settled as a doctor in "Waldershausen". What is meant anyway is "Waltershausen", which is about 80 km west of Jena: An essay on the storage of the cowpox lymph in the "Allgemeine Anzeiger der Deutschen" from 1807 is only signed with the initials of the first names: Waltershausen (sic!), In March 1807 / YES brown . There is also a mix-up here: Johan Andreas Braun (1771–1833) also received his doctorate in 1792 in Jena and also in medicine. He was “ City and Country Physician of Waltershausen in the Duchy of Gotha ” since 1793 and was born in Kassel.

Due to the contradicting encyclopedia entries and information, even if they have been taken over until recently, one has to agree with that in “Meusel's learned Germany” of the 1820 edition (Supplement A – G), which says about Johann Adam Braun : “ Is he still alive? Is unknown! "

Fonts

  • Dissertatio Vtrum Matrimonii Vincvlum Et In Casv Adulterii Alterivs Conivgum, Ivxta Tridentini Can. VII. Sess. XXIV. Ivre Divino, An Solvm Ivre Ecclesiastico Insolvbile Sit? . Mainz 1787.
  • Dissertatio inauguralis medica de vermium intestinalium prima origine deque unice vera ac sola rationali eos exterminandi methodo. Jena 1806.
  • Regarding the value and importance of the female breasts for the welfare of mankind, and the care for the preservation of them, the best way to remove the disadvantages arising from neglect of this care. 2 volumes. Henningsche Buchhandlung, Erfurt 1805. - Another issue: Frankfurt am Main 1805; 2nd edition 1811.

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel: The learned Teutschland or Lexicon of the now living German writers. Volume 22. Lemgo 1767, pp. 41/42.
  • Karl Wilhelm Justi (Ed.): Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder's basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. From the Reformation to 1806. Eighteenth and final volume. Supplementary biographies (...). Marburg 1819, pp. 67/68.
  • Adolph Carl Peter Callisen: Medicinisches Writer-Lexicon of the now living physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, pharmacists, and naturalists of all educated peoples. First volume, A-Ba. Copenhagen 1830, p. 108.
  • Heinrich Eduard Scriba: Braun, Johann Adam, in: Biographisch-literarisches Lexikon der Writers of the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. 1st division. Leske, Darmstadt 1831. pp. 89-91.
  • Franz Gundlach: Catalogus professorum academiae Marburgensis 1, From 1527 to 1910. Publications of the Historical Commission for Hesse 15, 1. Marburg 1927, No. 846.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurmainzischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender to the year 1784, p. 62
  2. ^ Strieder, p. 105
  3. ^ Karl Wilhelm Justi: Basics of a history of the University of Marburg. Warrior u. Comp., Marburg 1827, p. 106
  4. ↑ see also: Johann Matthias Schröckhs History of the Germans (...). New edition. Verlag der Andräische Buchhandlung, Frankfurt am Main 1795, p. 373
  5. ↑ No. 86, April 2, 1807, pp. 888/889
  6. ↑ Diss. Inaug. med. sistens meletemata quaedam circa doctrinam de motu sanguinis. Jena 1792
  7. ↑ In the Medicinisches Writer Lexicon (Callisen), Volume 3, from 1830, p. 108, there is even the explicit note: In gel. Teutschl. Vol. 22. 1829. p. 366 he is confused with Joh. Adam
personal data
SURNAME Braun, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian and doctor
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1765
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH around 1808