Johann Gerdes (doctor)
Johann Gerdes (* around 1656 in Stockholm ; † January 6, 1700 in Greifswald ) was a German professor of medicine.
Life
Johann Gerdes was probably born the son of a German businessman. He attended the University of Wittenberg , where he a. a. heard from Georg Kaspar Kirchmaier and first obtained the philosophical master's degree and in 1681 also the medical doctorate. Gerdes went to Stettin and there married the daughter of the later tribunal assessor Koch.
In Rostock he received a professorship for medicine and higher mathematics in 1687. Governor General Nicolaus Bielke appointed him to a medical professorship in Greifswald in 1691 . He was the royal vice archiater and dean of the medical faculty.
After the death of his first wife, Gerdes married Anna Margareta von Schmiterlöw in 1697.
During his tenure, Gerdes had a Hortus Medicus ( lat. Medicinal Garden ) set up, gave lectures on anatomy and pathology and also dealt with mental illnesses. In 1699 he wrote an extensive account of the Gesundbrunnen in Kentz near Barth .
See also
literature
- Dirk Alvermann , Birgit Dahlenburg : Greifswald heads. Scholar portraits and life pictures from the 16th to 18th centuries Century from the Pomeranian State University. Hinstorff, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-356-01139-1 , p. 88 f.
Web links
- Publications by and about Johann Gerdes in VD 17 .
- Literature about Johann Gerdes (physician) in the state bibliography MV
- Johann Gerdes in the Rostock matriculation portal
- Entry on Johann Gerdes in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
Footnotes
- ↑ See entry by Johann Gerdes in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- ↑ See also the entries by Johann Gerdes in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ Johann Gerdes: "Kentza Crene, That is: Description / Des of 300.Jahren ago edging ... Healthy Fountain to Kentz" - Volldigitalisat in the Digital Library Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrich Gerdes | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1695 |
Benjamin Potzerne |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerdes, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerdesius, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1656 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1700 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |