Johann Georg Hoyer
Johann Georg Hoyer (* 23 August , other information August 26, 1663 in Mühlhausen ; † April 1, 1738 , other information 1737, ibid) was a town doctor in Mühlhausen and a member of the Leopoldina Academic Academy .
Life
Johann Georg Hoyer was born into a long-established Mühlhauser family. He attended high school and then completed an apprenticeship in Weissenfels . Johann Georg Hoyer began studying medicine and philosophy at the University of Jena at the age of 21. He then became a general practitioner for two years in his hometown, the free imperial city of Mühlhausen. In 1689 he went on an educational trip to England, Holland and Denmark. He stayed in Copenhagen for almost four years and studied with the scholars of the university. In 1693 Hoyer returned to Mühlhausen. His parents' house had meanwhile fallen victim to a fire. A little later he became a doctoral candidate at the University of Halle. He was a patrician, councilor and first physicist in Mühlhausen. He was also active as a philosopher.
On August 2, 1695, Johann Georg Hoyer, nicknamed Apollodorus I, was accepted as a member ( registration number 216 ) of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina. He was a member of the Leopoldina for almost forty years. The Leopoldina honored him and had a “Promemoria” inserted in the columns of the Acta Physicomedica published by it .
He left two sons, the doctor Christoph Eugen Hoyer and the lawyer Georg Leopold Hoyer . In the Marienkirche Mühlhausen at the entrance on the west side there is the colored tombstone of the city physicist Johann Georg Hoyer.
Publications
- Johann Georg Hoyer, Friedrich Hoffmann : Disputatio Inauguralis Medica, De Saliva Et Ejus Morbis , 1694 ( digitized version ).
- Johann Georg Hoyer: Detailed investigation of the contagious pestilent social epidemics / Which several years ago were rampant in Europe. In which dero primal beings / causes / signs / means of preservation and recovery / how one can easily recognize such epidemics / and prevent oneself from it / also quickly and safely cure / thoroughly and actually described , Mevius Gotha 1714.
- Johann Georg Hoyer and Laurentius Blumentrost: Laurentii Blumentrosts Hauß- und Reiss-Apotheck , 1716 ( digitized ).
- Johann Georg Hoyer and Ernst Tentzel: Mulier obstans in causis civilibus, et his qvidem vel secularibus vel ecclesiasticis et criminalibus , 1717.
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. 481 ( digitized version ).
- 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. 200 ( 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. 152 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Member entry of Johann Georg Hoyer at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Hainichland: Dieter Fechner: Johann Georg Hoyer
- Digital portrait index: Doctor Johann Georg Hoyer
Wikicommons
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoyer, Johann Georg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Apollodurus I. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Councilor, philosopher, city doctor in Mühlhausen and member of the Leopoldina |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1663 or August 26, 1663 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlhausen / Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1737 or April 1, 1738 |
| Place of death | Mühlhausen / Thuringia |