Johann Heinrich Ott (theologian, 1617)

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Johann Heinrich Ott (born July 31, 1617 , other date August 3, 1617 in Wetzikon , † May 26, 1682 , other date May 25, 1682 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Protestant Reformed clergyman and university professor .

Life

Johann Heinrich Ott was the son of pastor Hans Heinrich Ott (* 1587 in Zurich; † 1647) and his wife Barbara (* circa 1590 in Zurich), daughter of Hans Rudolf von Birch (1558-1622). His stepbrother was the Zurich theologian Johann Rudolf Ott (born December 1, 1642 in Henggart ; † October 4, 1716 in Zurich) and his nephew was the pioneer of Pietism in Zurich, the merchant Hans Heinrich Schulthess .

He began his theology studies at the Collegium Carolinum in Zurich and continued it in Lausanne and Geneva . In Geneva he met Friedrich Spanheim . In 1638 he traveled to Groningen with Johann Heinrich Hottinger , where he studied theology and oriental languages with the anti-Arminian Franciscus Gomarus and with Heinrich Alting . Correspondence with Hottinger, who now lives in Leiden , was in Hebrew . After stays in Leiden and Amsterdam , he traveled to England with Hottinger , where he visited the Oxford Bodleian Library and the London Royal Library in London and was very impressed by these facilities. He returned home via France in 1643.

In 1641 Ott became pastor in Zumikon . Two years later he took over the pastoral position in Dietlikon , which he held until 1668. However, he lived in Zurich, two hours away. In addition to his pastoral service, he was in charge of the archives of the Zurich church and the citizens' library and rearranged both institutions.

In 1651 he was appointed professor of eloquence at the aforementioned Collegium Carolinum. In 1655 he also received a professorship for Hebrew and in 1668 for church history .

Johann Heinrich Ott married Ursula Hegner in 1642. Three years later he married Barbara Brunner (born November 11, 1624 in Zurich), the daughter of pastor and professor Hans Rudolf Brunner. From this marriage there were twelve children, among them the evangelical theolologist, historian , Hebraist and archdeacon Hans Baptist Ott (1661-1744).

Writing and scientific work

Johann Heinrich Ott maintained an extensive scholarly correspondence throughout Europe, including Catholics in Switzerland, Germany , France and Italy , with Jan Amos Comenius and John Dury , among others .

His work Annales annabaptistisi , which appeared in 1672, was a reference work in matters of Anabaptism and gave broad scope to the development of Anabaptism in Zurich. In 1674 he wrote a handwritten Methodus legendi historias , and a year later there was a memorial of Swiss both printed and written things for good the studiosorum Tigurinorum politicorum .

He dealt intensively with Swiss Anabaptism and published theological works on the Jansenists and the Anabaptists; he was also the editor of the church annals Annales ecclesiastici by Cesare Baronio from 1676.

In 1670, because of his philological work Franco-Gallia, sive de origine lingua Gallicae Germanica , in which he demonstrated the German origin of French words, he was accepted into the lily guild of the German-minded cooperative founded by Philipp von Zesens under the name of the witnesses .

Without being a member of the Collegium Insulanum, which existed from 1679 to 1681 and was the first enlightenment society in the German-speaking area, he worked together with Johann Heinrich Heidegger as a stimulating force in the background.

Fonts (selection)

literature

  • Johann Heinrich Ott . In: Michael Kempe; Thomas Maissen: The Collegia of the Islanders, Confidential and Kindly Minded in Zurich, 1679–1709 . Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 2002. P. 54 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Historical Family Lexicon of Switzerland - Persons. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Ott, Johann Rudolf. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  3. ^ German biography: Hottinger, Johann Heinrich - German biography. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
  4. ^ Collegium Insulanum. Retrieved April 6, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Ott, Johann Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ott, Johannes Heinrich; Ott, Joh. Heinrich; Otto, Johannes Heinrich; Otto, Johannes Henricus; Ottius, Joh. Henricus; Otto, Joh. Henricus; Otte, Johann Heinrich; Ottius, Joannes Henricus; Ott, Johann Heinrich; Ottius, Johannes Henricus; Otte, Johannes Heinrich; Otto, Johann Heinrich; Ott, JH
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Protestant clergyman and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Wetzikon
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1682
Place of death Zurich