Johann Christoph Hert
Johann Christoph Hert (born January 12, 1649 in Niederkleen , † September 22, 1731 in Butzbach ) was a German doctor and privy councilor .
Life
Born the son of the pastor Johann David Hert and his wife Catherina Margarethe (née Stipp), Hert was the second oldest of five siblings, four brothers and one sister, he was the brother of the later legal scholar Johann Nikolaus Hert . Hert enjoyed his schooling from 1657 in Wetzlar, from 1660 by a private tutor in Niederkleen and from 1664 at the Pädagogium Gießen. In 1667 he began studying at the University of Giessen , moved to the University of Jena, then to Tübingen, in order to return to the University of Giessen. After completing his studies, he opened a doctor's practice in Butzbach. In 1674 he married Amalie Margarethe Geilfuß (1657–1731) from Butzbach. In 1675 he became the personal physician of the Countess Palatine von Simmern, who had been widowed since 1674 . Hert had to follow the widow, who was born as Princess of Orange, to Holland, but returned to Hesse after her death in 1688. In 1692, Landgrave Ernst Ludwig von Hessen-Darmstadt appointed him personal physician. In 1694 Hert became Primarius (first professor) of medicine at the University of Gießen (Darmstadt). Hert was also a personal physician in the Fulda and Kurmainzer services. In 1731 he died during a visit to Butzbach.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder: Basis for a Hessian history of scholars and writers from the Reformation to the present day , Volume 5, 1785, pp. 487-90
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: Allgemeine Gelehrtenlexikon , Volume 2, Leipzig 1787, p. 1961
- The University of Giessen from 1607 to 1907 , Festschrift, Töpelmann, Giessen 1907, p. 431f.
- HP Herpel: Hessische Familienkunde , Volume 16, 1982, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Hessischen Familienkunde Societies, p. 78
- Friedrich K. Abicht: Wetzlar district historically, statistically and topographically presented , 3rd part, Wetzlar 1837, p. 397 ( digitized in the Google book search).
- Wolfgang Sellert: Hert, Johann Nikolaus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , pp. 700 f. ( Digitized version ). (Mention in the article about his brother)
- Otto Renkhoff : Hert (ius), Johann Christoph (biography no. 1731). In: Nassau biography. Short biographies from 13 centuries. 2. completely revised u. exp. Edition, Wiesbaden 1992, p. 308
Web links
- Hert, Johann Christoph , Image Archive Austria
- Hert, Johann Christoph (1649-1731); Professor medizinae Primarius in Gießen (1694-1731), No. 81 134 , photo and picture collection in the city archive of Gießen
- Publications by and about Johann Christoph Hert in VD 17 .
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SURNAME | Hert, Johann Christoph |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hertius, Johann Christoph; Hert, Johann Christoph; Hertz, Johann Christoph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, professor of medicine, privy councilor |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1649 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederkleen |
DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1731 |
Place of death | Butzbach |