Kilian Vogler

Kilian Vogler in what is known as a crab cloak in a picture by Philipp Gretter from 1604 in the Tübingen Professorengalerie

Kilian Vogler (* around 1516 ; † 1585 in Tübingen ) was a German philosopher, lawyer and court judge as well as professor and rector at the University of Tübingen.

Life

Kilian Vogler was at the University of Tübingen Dr. iur. doctorate and was there in 1541 professor of ethics and 1553–1585 professor of law. He was Württemberg councilor and court judge as well as 1556/57, 1562, 1566, 1570, 1575, 1579/80 rector at the University of Tübingen. His portrait therefore hangs in the professors' gallery in Tübingen . In the picture painted by Philipp Gretter around 1604 , he is wearing a so-called crab cloak from around 1550–1560.

Individual evidence

^ Entry by Johann Jakob Helfferich on Tobias picture.
^ Norbert Hofmann: The artist faculty at the University of Tübingen, 1534-1601. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982. Page 103.

personal data
SURNAME	Vogler, Kilian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Vogler, Chilianus; Voglerus, Chilianus; Vogler, Chilian; Avianus, Chilianus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philosopher, lawyer, court judge and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1516
DATE OF DEATH	1585
Place of death	Tübingen

[1] Entry by Johann Jakob Helfferich on Tobias picture.

[2] Norbert Hofmann: The artist faculty at the University of Tübingen, 1534-1601. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1982. Page 103.