Johann Sciurus

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Johann Sciurus medal, 1565

Johann Sciurus (also: Eichhorn, Aichorn ; * around 1518 in Nuremberg ; † November 3, 1564 in Königsberg (Prussia) ) was a German mathematician, philologist and Protestant theologian.

Life

Johann Sciurus was the son of Johann Eichhorn the Elder. Ä. († 1548). He probably visited the Aegidianum in his hometown. Since the summer semester of 1537 he studied at the University of Wittenberg , where he first completed a philosophical degree with Philipp Melanchthon . In the summer semester of 1542 he moved to the University of Leipzig , where Joachim Camerarius the Elder had found a new field of activity. When he returned to Wittenberg, he had latinized his family name as a scholarly name, in keeping with the customs of the time, and on September 1, 1545, he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. Then he went back to Nuremberg with Erasmus Flock .

In 1546 he went with Camararius' son to the University of Königsberg , where he had been given the second professorship in mathematics in the winter semester of 1547. He changed this professorship on July 15, 1550 with the professorship of the Greek language and ethics . During that time he followed the ideas of Andreas Osiander . As a follower of this, he was accused of defending the ideas of Socinianism after a disputation held on May 28, 1552 with the title “ De fortitudine ” by the opponents Bartholomäus Wagner and Johann Hoppe . Therefore he gave an “ apologia or protective speech against Barthol. Wagner and Joh.Hoppium, Magistros, of whom I have been publicly accused, as if in Christ, true God and people, when we call on and worship him, I should exclude human nature, including a short and Christian confession from the article of justification " out.

He was able to refute these accusations, but established himself as an Osiandrist. This earned him the theological professorship of the Hebrew language endowed with 100 marks in 1554 , with which he had to read about the Old Testament twice a week . In that capacity he became rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semester of 1554 and winter semester 1557/58 . When he took over the theological professorship, he also became court preacher to Duke Albrecht of Prussia . After resigning his professorships in 1558, he remained so. Together with Johann Funck, he was involved in establishing the Osiandrian doctrine of the faith and became an important figure in the Osiandrian dispute until he died of the plague.

Sciurus was married to Anna Guntterrot († 1560).

literature

  • Georg Andreas Will: Nürnbergisches Schehrten-Lexicon, or description, of all Nürnbergisches Scholars beyderley sex according to your life, merits and writings, to expand the history of learning and to improve many mistakes made in it from the best sources in alphabetical order. Lorenz Schüpfel, Nuremberg / Altdorf 1757, 3rd volume, p. 663.
  • Friedrich Johann Buck: Biographies of the deceased mathematicians in general and of the great Prussian mathematician P. Christian Otters, who died more than a hundred years ago, credibly promoted to print, especially in two departments. Hartung & Zeise, Königsberg / Leipzig 1764, p. 13 ( online )
  • Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt: Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia 1746, Part 2, p. 372 and addendum p. 174, 360, 365, 373, 387.
  • Sciurus, Joh.. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 36, Leipzig 1743, column 638 f.
  • Hermann Freytag: The Prussians at the University of Wittenberg and the non-Prussian students of Wittenberg in Prussia from 1502-1602. Duncker and Humblot Publishing House, Leipzig 1903, p. 94.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Müller, Gottfried Seebass: Historical-critical complete edition of the works of Osiander the Elder. Writings and letters September 1551 to October 1552 as well as posthumes and supplements. Mohn publishing house, Gütersloh 1997, ISBN 3-579-00134-5 , p. 911.
  2. ↑ cf. also matriculation of the University of Leipzig. 1409–1559, p. 639, column a, no. 16. (online)
  3. ^ Klaus Garber: Handbook of the personal occasional literature in European libraries and archives. Verlag Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim / Zurich / New York 2008, ISBN 978-3-487-11394-4 , vol. 3, p. 60.
personal data
SURNAME Sciurus, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichhorn, Johann; Aichorn, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, philologist and Protestant theologian
DATE OF BIRTH around 1518
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1564
Place of death Königsberg (Prussia)