Johann Wolfgang Hunter
Johann Wolfgang Jäger (born March 17, 1647 in Stuttgart , † April 20, 1720 in Tübingen ) was a German professor of Protestant theology and chancellor of the University of Tübingen .
Live and act
Johann Wolfgang Jäger began studying philology , philosophy and Protestant theology in Tübingen at the age of 16 . He became tutor for the older Prince Karl Maximilian and in 1676 also for his brother Georg Friedrich, the sons of Duke Eberhard III. of Württemberg. In 1680 he received the extraordinary professorship of geography and the Latin language and in 1681 the full professorship of the Greek language in Tübingen. In 1684 he became a teacher of practical philosophy and Ephorus of the theological pen . In 1698/99 he was abbot and general superintendent in Maulbronn monastery for a short time , then preacher and consistorial councilor in Stuttgart.
In 1702 he was appointed Chancellor of the University of Tübingen, where he was professor of Protestant theology, provost of the collegiate church , until in 1709 he became abbot in Adelberg monastery and general superintendent of the state of Württemberg.
Publications
- Systema theologicum dogmatico-polemicum (1725, 4)
- Compendium Theologiae… pro scholis in Ducatu Wirtembergico
- Hist. eccl. c. parallelismo profanae (expanded in 1692 and 1709 and 1717) ex speciali Seren. Würtem. Ducis jussu scripta
- Defensio Imperatoris Josphi contra curiae Romanae bullas (1709)
- De Bened. Spinozae vita et doctrina (dissertation, 1710)
literature
- Jakob Franck : Hunter, Johann Wolfgang . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 651.
- Gotthold Müller: Jäger, Johann Wolfgang. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 269 f. ( Digitized version ).
- August Friedrich Bök : History of the ducal Würtenberg Eberhard Carls University in Tübingen in outline. Cotta, Tübingen 1774, pp. 141-42.
- Württembergische Neben-Stunden I, 1–71 (based on a curriculum vitae and a list of his writings written by J. himself in 1718)
- Jöcher: Saxi Onomast. V, 413-14
Individual evidence
- ↑ Files concerning the Prince Carl Maximilian, Georg Friedrich and Ludwig, the sons of Duke Eberhard III. von Württemberg education and studies in Tübingen. Baden-Württemberg State Archive
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hunter, Johann Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and Chancellor of the University of Tübingen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1647 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 20, 1720 |
| Place of death | Tübingen |