Johann Melchior Verdries
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Johann Melchior Verdries (born June 26, 1679 in Gießen ; † July 25, 1735 there ) was a German doctor and professor of physics and medicine in Gießen.
Life
Verdries studied medicine in Gießen, Jena and Halle from 1694, with the license in Gießen in 1702. He then traveled to the Netherlands to study and received his doctorate in medicine in 1707. In the same year he became associate professor and in 1710 full professor for physics in Giessen. In 1714 he became associate professor and in 1720 full professor of medicine in Gießen and in 1727 counselor and personal physician to the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt.
He published a physics textbook. On October 20, 1704 was awarded the academic nickname Anaximenes I. a member ( Matriculation no. 255 ) of the Leopoldina selected.
Fonts (selection)
- Physica sive in naturae scientiam introductio . Casting 1728.
literature
- Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 485 digitized
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 203 digitized
- Julius Pagel: Verdries, Johann Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 615 f.
- Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 153 ( archive.org ).
Web links
- Member entry of Johann Melchior Verdries at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on January 21, 2018.
- Verdries, Johann Melchior at the Digital Portrait Archive
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| SURNAME | Verdries, Johann Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor and professor of physics and medicine in Giessen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1679 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1735 |
| Place of death | to water |