Johann Christian Bucke
Johann Christian Bucke, also: Buck (born April 11, 1672 in Graefenhainichen , † October 19, 1723 in Dresden ) was a German Lutheran theologian.
Life
Born as the son of councilor and treasurer Christian Bucke and his wife Dorothea, daughter of the mayor of Graefenhainichen, Christian Koppe, he first attended the city school in his hometown. After he lost both parents at the age of 14, his relatives sent him to the Wittenberg city school, from which he switched to the school in Torgau in 1689. Prepared in this way, he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in 1693 , then moved to the University of Leipzig , after a year he moved back to Wittenberg, where he obtained the academic degree of a master's degree in 1697 . From there he went to the philosophical faculty in Wittenberg as an adjunct in 1700 and became a deacon at the church in Torgau in the same year .
After he had worked in this office for twelve years, he became superintendent there in 1712 and in the same year obtained the licentiate of theology in Wittenberg through the Disputation de Natura Absolutismus Evangelicae . He received his doctorate in theology on October 15, 1715 in Wittenberg and, at the request of the Queen, became a Saxon court preacher in Dresden in 1723 , with which he also held the office of church and senior consistorial councilor. After he was introduced to his office on March 22nd, he only managed this office for six months, since he died of "Polypo cordis" after a short term.
On October 22nd, he was buried in the Sophienkirche in Dresden and commemorative services were then held at his places of work. His marriage on November 17, 1705 to Anna Maria, the daughter of the Torgau master builder and caste manager Christian Gantzland, had six children, a son and five daughters. The son Christian Wilhelm devoted himself to law and his daughters are known to: Christiane Wilhelmine, Anne Marie Cristiane, Anne Christiane Charitas, Anne Salome Amalie and Anne Dorothea Friederike, who, with the exception of the third, died at an early age.
Works (selection)
- de Pace externa
- de anno Hebraeorum jubilaeo
- de epistolaris de medieate trium in Germania religionum
- Schedisma de Medietate trium in Germania Religionura, Torgau 1722
- Thesaurum Orientis e pluribus lingiúis, Samaritana, Arabica, Aethiopica, persia, turcica & c. Colectum
- Pinacem geographicum sacrum
literature
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher : Johann Christian Bucke (1672–1723) . In: Torgauer Heimatkalender 2012. pp. 87–91.
- Hans-Joachim Böttcher: Important historical personalities of the Dübener Heide , AMF - No. 237, 2012, pp. 15-16.
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General lexicon of scholars. Volume 1, 1750, Col. 1453.
- Michael Ranft : Life and writings of all Chursächsischen divine scholars. Wolfgang Deer, Leipzig 1742.
- Bucke, Joh. Christian. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 4, Leipzig 1733, column 1783.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Heinrich Pipping |
Court preacher in Dresden 1723 |
Bernhard Walther Marperger |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bucke, Johann Christian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bucke, Johann Christian (full name); Buck |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Lutheran theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1672 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graefenhainichen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 19, 1723 |
| Place of death | Dresden |