Johann Henrich Voigt
Johann Henrich Voigt (born June 29, 1613 ; † February 17, 1691 ) was a German mathematician , astronomer and calendar writer in Stade .
Life
Voigt came from Rudolstadt in Thuringia . He studied the "mathematical arts" in Erfurt . During the Thirty Years' War Voigt settled in Northern Germany and in 1641 became a school teacher in Rethwisch near Itzehoe . When the Swedish army tore down the dikes, he fled to Stade via Itzehoe and Glückstadt . There he took a job as a schoolmaster in 1650.
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Voigt has dealt with mathematics and astronomy since his mathematical studies . From 1665 he produced annual calendars, which were published in a variety of ways as almanacs with different orientations. They were called "Curiosity Calendar", "Christian and Planet Calendar", "History Calendar", and later also "State Calendar". In these calendars Voigt also described several comet phenomena that he himself observed. Voigt often stayed in Hamburg when the war got too close to the city of Stade.
In particular, the comets of 1664, 1665 and 1677 were described by Voigt in several writings. A brief excerpt from the description of the Nordic Comet was also published on Halley's comet from 1682 , as in the year of 1682 in August , published as a supplement to the 1680 history calendar.
Voigt interpreted the nature of a comet very strongly as a divine warning and calculated several astrological interpretations, for example a "Twenty-year-old prognostica" (supplement to the Historien Calendar 1680).
Individual evidence
- ^ Theobald Bieder: The worldview of the Hamburg calendar before and around 1700. Lower Saxony, North German monthly books for home, art and life, 31st year 1926, p. 717ff
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Voigt, Johann Henrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Voigt, Johann-Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, astronomer and calendar writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 29, 1613 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rudolstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 17, 1691 |