Johann Peter Eberhard
Johann Peter Eberhard , latinized Johann Petrus Eberhard , (* December 2, 1727 in Altona ; † December 17, 1779 in Halle / Saale ) was a German doctor, theologian, mathematician and physicist, professor at the University of Halle and a member of the academy of scholars “ Leopoldina ".
Life
Between 1741 and 1747 Johann Petrus Eberhard studied theology and medicine in Gießen, Göttingen, Helmstedt, Jena, Halle and Leipzig. In Göttingen he studied with the Lutheran church historian Christoph August Heumann and the doctor, mathematician and physicist Johann Andreas von Segner . In Helmstädt he studied with the surgeon Lorenz Heister. In 1749 Eberhard received his doctorate in medicine. In 1753 he became professor of philosophy at the royal Friedrichs University in Halle, and in 1756 he also became professor of medicine. Ten years later he was appointed professor of mathematics and, in 1769, the chair of physics at the University of Halle. In 1753 he was admitted to the "Leopoldina" academy of scholars. He was given the nickname EUKLIDES IV. ( Matriculation No. 580 ).
Eberhard's First Grounds of Natural Science was used by Immanuel Kant as the basis for his physics lectures.
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. 515 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. 221 digitized
- 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. 161 ( archive.org ).
- Rochus von Liliencron: Eberhard, Johann Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 568 f.
Works
- Treatise on the origin of pearls in which their generation, growth and condition is explained, and information about various pearl fisheries is given, Renger Verlag Halle 1751.
- Johann Peter Eberhard First reasons for the theory of nature , Renger Verlag Halle 1753.
- Dissertatio Inauguralis Medica de Caussis Pulsus Intermittentis , 1755.
- Contributor in: Nicolaus Johann Martius: Lessons in natural magic, or to all kinds of amusing and useful tricks , Nicolai Verlag Berlin and Stettin 1779.
Web links
- Entry on Johann Peter Eberhard in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
Individual evidence
- ^ Göttingische learned news from the year MD CC XXXXIII , given by M. Christian Ludwig Stolten, with Johann Peter and Joh. Wilhelm Schmid, royal. privil. University bookseller 1744.
- ^ Member entry by Johann Peter Eberhard at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on March 18, 2018.
- ^ Giorgio Tonelli: Kant's Ethics as a Part of Metaphysics: A Possible Newtonian Suggestion? with Some Comments on Kant's “Dreams of a Seer” , in: Craig Walton (Ed.): Philosophy and the Civilizing Arts: Essays Presented to Herbert W. Schneider , Athens 1974, p. 249.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eberhard, Johann Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eberhard, Johann Petrus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German doctor, theologian, mathematician and physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 2, 1727 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 17, 1779 |
| Place of death | Halle / Saale |