Johann Theodor Schenck

Johann Theodor Schenck (also: Schenk ; * August 15, 1619 in Jena ; † December 21, 1671 ibid) was a German doctor and botanist.

Life

The son of the Jena professor of medicine Eusebius Schenck called von Burgstadt (1569-1628) and Ursula Regina Neefe (* October 10, 1585 in Chemnitz; † August 14, 1622 in Jena), the daughter of the city judge and trader Zacharias Neefe (* 24 February 1551 in Chemnitz; † May 3, 1595 ibid) and his wife Regina († 1623), the daughter of the Chemnitz official Wencel Uswald, had lost his parents at an early age. In 1629 his closest relatives sent him to the city school in Naumburg . His godfather Johann Gerhard made sure that he went to school in Arnstadt in 1631 and moved to the University of Jena in 1636 .

Since the plague was rampant in Jena, he went to his brother-in-law Nathan Voigt in Zerbst, who instructed him in medicine and botany. In 1638 he went to the University of Leipzig , where Johannes Michaelis was his teacher and in 1639 he returned to Jena, where he continued his medical studies with Werner Rolfinck and Paul Marquard Schlegel (1605-1653) for two years. In 1641 he went on an educational trip that took him to the University of Altdorf and Italy to Venice and the University of Padua . Returned to Germany, he completed an internship in Nuremberg and returned to Jena, where he received his doctorate in medicine on December 7, 1643 .

In 1645 he had given lectures at the medical faculty in Jena, had a practice during that time and was appointed city ​​physician in Chemnitz. After being made personal physician to the von Schönburg family , he became professor of anatomy and botany at the University of Jena in 1653 and also professor of theoretical medicine in 1663. He had also participated in the organizational tasks of the Jena University. He was dean of the medical faculty several times and rector of the Alma Mater three times in the winter semesters 1656/57, 1662/63 and 1668/69 .

Johann Theodor Schenck died on December 21, 1671 in Jena, on December 27, his body was buried in the Jena college church.

family

Schenk was married twice. His first marriage was on September 19, 1648 with Anna († 1657), the daughter of the Chemnitz merchant and mayor Melchior Straube (born March 28, 1591 in Chemnitz; † June 18, 1664 ibid) and his wife Catharina (* 16 February 1600), the daughter of David Fritzsche and his wife Anna Treptin. From this marriage there was a son and three daughters, but all of them died young. His second marriage was on January 24, 1659 with Anna Elisabeth, the daughter of the Jena Mayor Johann Sörgel. The marriage remained childless.

literature

• Johannes Günther: Life sketches of the professors of the University of Jena from 1558 to 1858. Verlag Friedrich Maucke, Jena 1858, p. 122 ( online ).
• Katrin Moeller: Schenck, Johann Theodor . In: Lexicon on the history of the witch hunt . 2008.
• Julius Pagel :  Schenck, Johann Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, p. 51 f.
• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1980, Vol. 10, p. 454, R 9736
• Barbara Zimmermann: Dietetics with Johann Theodor Schenck (1619–1671). A contribution to medical theory in Germany in the 17th century. Medical dissertation, Heidelberg 1988.

Web links

• Works by and about Johann Theodor Schenck  in the German Digital Library
• Publications by and about Johann Theodor Schenck in VD 17 .