Johann Moritz Hofmann
Johann Moritz Hofmann (born October 6, 1653 in Altdorf near Nuremberg ; † October 31, 1727 in Ansbach ; also Johann Moritz Hoffmann or Johannes Mauricius Hoffmannus ) was a German physician and university professor .
Life
Moritz Hofmann's son studied medicine at the universities of Altdorf and Frankfurt an der Oder , then for two years at the University of Padua . After a scientific journey through Italy , he returned to Altdorf in 1674, where he received his doctorate in 1675 . Two years later he was appointed extraordinary professor of anatomy and shortly thereafter full professor , five years later he was also given the chair of chemistry and, after the death of his father, the chair of botany . In 1684 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1709 he resigned his professorship in anatomy and became professor of practical medicine.
In 1713 Hofmann went to Ansbach. There he was employed as a personal physician at the court of Margrave Wilhelm Friedrich .
As successor to Michael Friedrich von Lochner , Johann Moritz Hofmann was Director Ephemeris of the Leopoldina from 1721 to 1727 .
Fonts
- De gustu , 1689.
- Disquisitiones corporis humani anatomico-pathologicae , 1713.
literature
- Johann Lukas Rhiem : Letter to Johann Moritz Hoffmann, October 10, 1683 .
- Michael Friedrich von Lochner : Letter to Johann Moritz Hofmann , 1683.
- August Hirsch : Hofmann, Johann Moritz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 631.
Individual evidence
- ^ Member entry of Johann Moritz Hoffmann at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 22, 2016.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hofmann, Johann Moritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffmann, Johann Moritz; Hoffmannus, Johannes Mauricius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 6, 1653 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altdorf near Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1727 |
| Place of death | Ansbach |