Johann Rudolf Mieg
Johann Rudolf Mieg or Johann Rudolph Mieg (born July 3, 1694 in Basel ; † March 7, 1733 ibid) was a Swiss physician , botanist and university professor .
Life
Mieg came from a wide area, which originally from Strasbourg family Mieg . He was the son of the businessman Sebastian Mieg (1659-1714). He first attended the Basel grammar school before he was enrolled as a student at the philosophical faculty of the University of Basel in 1707 . He received his bachelor's degree on May 28, 1709 . In 1710 he moved to the medical faculty in Basel and received his master's degree on May 12, 1712 . In 1714 he went to the University of Strasbourg for further medical studies , then to the University of Heidelberg . After he returned to Basel, he was promoted to Dr. med. PhD . Around this time he also became a general practitioner and lecturer in anatomy and surgery in Basel.
In 1721 Mieg received a position as a prosector with his uncle Theodor Zwinger and from 1724 he was professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Basel. In the academic year 1728/1729 he was rector of the University of Basel and in 1731 he was given the chair of theoretical medicine. In the same year he became canon at St. Peter's Abbey .
In 1732 Mieg refused an appointment at the High School in Herborn .
Works (selection)
- De mundo , 1710.
- with others: Examen Theoretico-Practico-Medicum Plantarum Nasturcinarum , Basel 1714.
- Oratio panegryrica in obitum VE Theodori Zwingeri , Basel 1726.
- Theses anatomicas , Basel 1726.
literature
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon , M – R, Johann Friedrich Gleditsch, Leipzig 1751, Sp. 528.
- Stefan Hächler: Mieg, Johann Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Works by and about Johann Rudolf Mieg in the German Digital Library
- Entry by Johann Rudolf Mieg on unibas.ch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Fuchs: Mieg (family). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 17, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-428-00198-2 , pp. 467-469 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mieg, Johann Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mieg, Johann Rudolph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss physicians, botanists and university lecturers |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 3, 1694 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1733 |
| Place of death | Basel |