Johannes Hancke

Johannes Hancke SJ (also Jan Hancke ; Joannes Hancke ; born February 2, 1644 in Neisse ; † August 24, 1713 in Brno ) was a professor of theology and mathematics , which also included the field of physics and astronomy during his lifetime . He was also a member of the Jesuit order .

Life

Johannes Hancke entered the Jesuit order in 1664. After the novitiate in Brno, he studied theology from 1670 to 1674 at the Jesuit universities in Wroclaw and Prague . In 1676 he published the Theses Mathematicae presented by Vitus Scheffer , which were printed in the Clementinum . From 1674 to 1677 he taught mathematics in Prague. He then taught at the Olomouc Jesuit CollegeMathematics and moral theology. After a few years at the University of Breslau, he was professor of mathematics and moral theology in Prague from 1686 to 1694. 1703/1704 he taught again in Olomouc, where in 1704 he was dean of the theological faculty. He spent the last years of his life in the colleges in Komotau , Olomouc , Liegnitz and Brno.

Works

• Positiones ex universa theologie scholastice. 1672
• Genesis montium propositionibus physico-mathematici illustrata. 1680
• Tenebrae summatim illustratae sive doctrina eclipsium… Christophorus Küchler, Mainz 1682
• Praedictio astronomica solaris deliquii ad annum 1684. July 12th, 1683
• Horologium nocturnum magneticum. 1683
• together with Kaspar Neumann : Exercitatio catoptrica de idolo speculi. Baumann, Breslau 1685
• Litera de cogitata et Romae agitata reformatione calendarii Gregoriani. 1702

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Hanke, Johannes . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 7th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1861, p. 316 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• Life dates (czech)
• History of Mathematics in Olomouc (Czech)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Theses Mathematicae
2. ↑ digitized version
3. ↑ Exercitatio catoptrica de idolo speculi in the Central Directory of Digitized Prints