Justus Cellarius
Justus Cellarius (born October 4, 1649 in Helmstedt , † October 11, 1689 in Wolfenbüttel ) was a German physicist and Protestant theologian.
Life
The son of the professor of theology at the University of Helmstedt Balthasar Cellarius and his wife Elisabeth, the daughter of the princely Brunswick-Lüneburg court preacher, general superintendent and consistorial councilor in Hanover Justus Gesenius and his wife Magaretha Susanna Kaufmann, had successfully completed their school education. On May 1, 1667, he began studying philosophy and theology at the University of Jena . In 1670 he moved to the University of Helmstedt , where on October 2, 1671 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy and was appointed professor of physics on December 12, 1673 , which position he took up on December 18.
At the same time he perfected his theological studies, was licentiate in theology in 1677 , received a full professorship at the theological faculty in 1683 and received his doctorate in theology in 1684 . In addition, he had also taken part in the organizational tasks of the Helmstedt University and was once rector of the Alma Mater. In 1684 he became general superintendent in Helmstedt, in 1685 he became a substitute for his godfather Brandanus Daetrius , whose duties he fulfilled as court preacher, confessor and consistorial councilor in Wolfenbüttel and in 1686 advanced to general superintendent in Wolfenbüttel. After the death of his godfather, he became abbot of the Riddagshausen monastery on January 20, 1689 and died of dysentery at the age of 41.
family
From his marriage to Anna Maria, the daughter of the bailiff in Hötensleben author Flüwerck, on February 4, 1679, he had a son and two daughters. We know of these:
- Julia Elisabeth Cellarius
- Barbara Ilsa Cellarius († 1689)
- Rudolph Anton Cellarius
literature
- Joachim Schmid: Cellarius, Justus. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 136 f .
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein, 1976, Volume 9, p. 93, R 8158.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cellarius, Justus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physicist and Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1649 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Helmstedt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 11, 1689 |
| Place of death | Wolfenbüttel |