Johann Michael Heusinger

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Johann Michael Heusinger (born August 25, 1690 in Sundhausen , † February 24, 1751 in Eisenach ) was a German theologian , educator and local researcher .

Life

Heusinger was born in 1690 as the son of a pastor. He received home tuition and attended the illustrious grammar school in Gotha . In 1708 he began to study theology and philology at the University of Halle and continued his studies in 1709 at the University of Jena . After working as a librarian in Gotha in 1710 , he continued his studies in Halle in 1711 . A trip took him to Giessen in 1715 , where he was employed as a private tutor with the then chancellor of the university . He also attended lectures and was particularly interested in the work of the mathematician Johann Georg Liebknecht . So he gained a reputation beyond Gießen, which is why Count Friedrich Ernst Count Solms zu Laubach hired him as a private tutor for his sons in 1716 . As a patron of Heusinger, the count gave him the post of rector at the Laubach grammar school in 1722 . In 1730 he became professor and librarian at the illustrious grammar school in Gotha and finally in 1738 rector of the grammar school in Eisenach. He held this office until his death in 1751.

Services

Heusinger wrote a total of 51 writings, mostly in Latin . Based on the manuscripts of the theologian Johann Himmel and the polymath Christian Franz Paullini , he wrote writings on the history of Thuringia as well as on the history of schools and cities in Eisenach. He proved that Martin Luther was not taught by Franciscans , as previously assumed , but had attended the Georgian school in Eisenach.

In 1773, the biographer Friedrich August Töpfer published a first volume of the collected other writings of Heusinger under the title JM Heusingeri Opuscula Minora varii argumenti . The other volumes, however, no longer appeared.

Works (selection)

  • Vechneri Hellenolexias cum supplementis et annotationibus , Gotha 1733
  • Phaedri fabulae , Jena 1740
  • Cornelii Nepotis vitae , Eisenach 1747
  • Novae editionis Ciceroniani operis de officiis specimen , Eisenach 1749; published in 1783 with a foreword by Conrad Heusinger

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personal data
SURNAME Heusinger, Johann Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, educator and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Sundhausen
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1751
Place of death Eisenach