Johann Jacob Meyen

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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

  1. ↑ See the entry of Johann Jacob Meyen's master's degree in the Rostock matriculation portal

literature

personal data
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