Johann Gerhard Arnold

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Johann Gerhard Arnold (born August 17, 1637 in Friedberg ; † March 7, 1717 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German historian, consistorial councilor and high school rector.

Life

Arnold was the son of a baker in Friedberg. From 1657 he studied at the University of Strasbourg and in 1663 became court master of the daughters of Count zu Rappoltstein in Alsace . In 1668 he became vice rector and inspector at the illustrious grammar school in Durlach , in 1684 rector and margrave of Baden-Durlach consistorial councilor .

In the course of the Palatinate War of Succession and the destruction of Durlach, he lost his fortune and had to leave the country. On January 3, 1690, the City Council of Frankfurt am Main appointed him Vice-Rector of the municipal grammar school and on April 23, 1691 determined that he should be treated as the Rector Georg Grabow . After Grabow moved to Leipzig on October 8, 1691 , Arnold remained the sole rector and was in office until his retirement in 1716. He died on March 7, 1717 at the age of 80 in Frankfurt.

Works (selection)

  • Tullus Hostilius tertius Romanorum rex, dissertatione historico-politica descriptus , Durlach 1670
  • Exercitatio historico-politica ?? de donatione Constantini Magni , quae Sylvestro I. Pont. Rome. facta esse dicitur , Durlach 1672
  • Tabulae de philosophiae in genere , Frankfurt am Main 1697

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Achilles Augustus von Lersner , The far-famous Freyen imperial, electoral and commercial city of Franckfurt am Mayn Chronica: Or ordinary description of the city of Franckfurt . 2 volumes, Frankfurt 1706, urn : nbn: de: hebis: 30-1105587 , vol. 2 chap. XXVI, p. 94
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Johann Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, consistorial advisor and high school rector
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1637
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedberg
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1717
Place of death Frankfurt am Main