Johann Kaspar Hagenbuch

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Johann Kaspar Hagenbuch (born August 19, 1700 in Glattfelden ; † June 6, 1763 in Zurich ; also Johann Caspar ) was a Swiss theologian , antiquarian and university professor .

Life

Hagenbuch attended the school of scholars in Zurich and then studied theology at the Collegium Carolinum in Zurich. His ordination took place in 1720. During his studies, he opened an exchange of letters with his college friend Johann Jakob Breitinger and among others the scholars Pieter Burman the Elder and Johann Albert Fabricius , which contained new insights into their sciences.

After completing his studies, as an educator and tutor and later also as a preacher , Hagenbuch traveled to Switzerland and recorded antiquities and their inscriptions. This remained a passion all his life, so in 1747 he discovered a tombstone in whose inscription the name Zurich could be attested for the first time. It proves that Zurich was not called Tigurum , but Turicum in Roman times .

After working as an honorary professor as early as 1728 , Hagemann was first professor of eloquence at the Collegium Carolinum in Zurich in 1730 , then professor of profane history in 1731 and of Greek and Latin in 1735. In 1749 he received a benefice as a canon , from 1756 until his death he was canon and professor of theology at the college.

Hagenbuch was a member of Johann Jakob Bodmer's Mahler Society in Zurich . He was also a member of the Accademia Etrusca in Cortona and the Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" in Florence since 1748 , of the Académie des Sciences in Paris since 1752 and of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen and the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences in Berlin .

Works (selection)

Hagenbuch's more extensive works are:

  • Epistolae epigraphicae , Zurich 1747. ( digitized version )
  • De Diptycho Brixiano Boethii Consulis epistola epigraphica ... , Zurich 1749. ( digitized version )

He also published a number of smaller articles and works, for example

  • De graecis Thesauri novi Muratoriani Marmoribus quibusdam metricis Diatriba. Zurich 1744. ( digitized version )

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SURNAME Hagenbuch, Johann Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hagenbuch, Johann Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss theologian, antiquarian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1700
PLACE OF BIRTH Glattfelden
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1763
Place of death Zurich