Johann Jacob Meyen
Johann Jacob Meyen (born November 26, 1731 in Kolberg , † March 8, 1797 in Stettin ) was a German mathematician . From 1774 he taught as a professor at the Academic Gymnasium in Stettin .
Life
Meyen first attended the school in Kloster Berge , then the Collegium Fridericianum in Königsberg . From 1750 he studied first at the University of Königsberg , then until 1754 at the University of Halle . His main subject was Protestant theology .
In 1757 he became a preacher in Koblentz in Western Pomerania. In 1761 he moved to the Mecklenburg University of Bützow as a master of philosophy .
From 1774 he taught as a professor of physics and mathematics at the Academic Gymnasium in Stettin . In addition, he instructed the officers there on special royal orders .
Meyen published, among other things, historical-mathematical didactic poems as well as writings on conic sections and differential calculus . From November 1787 to March 1788 he published the monthly Unknown, as well as too little known truths of mathematics, physics and philosophy, and their non-profit application, especially on the economy in Pomerania and the neighboring provinces .
Individual evidence
- ↑ See the entry of Johann Jacob Meyen's master's degree in the Rostock matriculation portal
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Meyen, Johann Jacob . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 553.
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SURNAME | Meyen, Johann Jacob |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, professor at the Academic Gymnasium in Stettin |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1731 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolberg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1797 |
Place of death | Szczecin |