Johann Caspar Westphal

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Johann Caspar Westphal (born November 28, 1649 in Rügenwalde , Pomerania , † March 24, 1722 in Delitzsch ) was a city physician in Delitzsch and a member of the “ Leopoldina ” academy of scholars .

Life

Johann Caspar Westphal studied medicine. He received his doctorate from the University of Erfurt in 1678. He was initially a city physician in Mittweida in Saxony. He later became a city physician in Delitzsch and Bitterfeld and also worked as a writer. He was a student of Michael Ettmüller , whose work he edited.

On August 12, 1690, Johann Caspar Westphal, nicknamed ALBUCASES I, was accepted into the Leopoldina as a member ( matriculation no. 182 ) .

Publications

literature

  • Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 478 digitized
  • Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 199 (archive.org)
  • Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 151 ( archive.org ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HA Pierer (ed.): Universal Lexikon or complete encyclopedic dictionary , Volume 26, Altenburg 1836, p. 68.

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personal data
SURNAME Westphal, Johann Caspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Albucases I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION City doctor zu Delitzsch and member of the Leopoldina Scholars' Academy
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1649
PLACE OF BIRTH Rügenwalde , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1722
Place of death Delitzsch