Johann Christian Eschenbach (the elder)
Johann Christian Eschenbach , called the Elder (born March 10, 1719 in Rostock ; † March 16, 1759 ibid) was a German lawyer , philosopher and professor at the University of Rostock .
Life
Johann Christian Eschenbach was the third son of the Rostock pharmacist and businessman Ehrenfried Christian Eschenbach and his wife Catharina Margaretha, nee. Egg brushes. He was raised by private tutors. From September 1738 he studied theology and philosophy at the universities in Rostock, Jena (October 1742), Erlangen and Göttingen. In April 1744 he received his Magister phil. At the Philosophical Faculty in Rostock. PhD. In 1746 he made several trips that took him to Venice and Amsterdam, for example. In Rostock he then worked as a private lecturer.
In 1750 he was appointed (ducal) full professor of poetry at Rostock University, but mainly held lectures on metaphysics and natural law. In 1753 he studied law at various academies, including in Leipzig. In December 1755 he received his doctorate from the Rostock Faculty of Law. iur. both rights. In 1756 he was ord. Professor of Philosophy and Vice-Rector of the University of Rostock next to the Mecklenburg Duke Friedrich , who was Rector's office between 1748 and 1756. The official acts were continued by the respective academic prorector. In 1758 he was dean of the philosophy faculty. Eschenbach died unmarried a few days after his 40th birthday.
A brother of Johann Christian, Christian Ehrenfried Eschenbach (1712–1788), physician and city physician of Rostock, also taught as a professor of mathematics at the University of Rostock and was its rector several times. His eldest son, Johann Christian Eschenbach ( the younger ; 1746-1823) became a well-known lawyer and also professor and rector of the university.
Fonts (selection)
- Idealism fundamento destitutus , 1752
- Collection of the most distinguished writers who deny the authenticity of their own body and the whole world of the body. Contains Berkeley's Conversations between Hylas and Philonous and the Collier Allgemeine Schlüssel , Röse, Rostock 1756 ( online )
- Logic or Thought Science , 1756
- Metaphisic or major science , 1757
literature
- Eschenbach, Johann Christian. In: New reports from learned things: in the year 1762. Rostock 1762, pp. 41-48
- Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2595 .
Web links
- Eschenbach, Johann Christian the Elder Ä. (1719-1759). Entry in the register of persons and corporations, state bibliography MV
- Literature about Johann Christian Eschenbach in the state bibliography MV
- Publications by and about Eschenbach, Johann Christian d. Ä. in VD 18 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Matriculation 1738 in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ Matriculation 1744 in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ^ Entry on Johann Christian Eschenbach in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- ^ Siegfried Brie: Eschenbach, Johann Christian . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 339 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eschenbach, Johann Christian (the elder) |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eschenbach, Johann Christian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, philosopher and rector of the University of Rostock |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 16, 1759 |
| Place of death | Rostock |