List of well-known personalities from the University of Helmstedt

The Helmstedt university building

This list contains personalities who are connected to the University of Helmstedt .

The personalities of the university include people who taught there, studied there and achieved a certain level of awareness, as well as people who were otherwise connected to it.

The Academia Julia

The university, the Academia Julia or Academia Julia Carolina , existed from 1576 to 1810. It was founded by Duke Julius von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and was officially opened on October 15, 1576. The last lectures were given in the spring of 1810.

In the 234 years of its existence, the University of Helmstedt was one of the most recognized universities and was at times the third largest university in the German-speaking area. In total, around 400 professors and 45,000 students have left their mark on the city. According to older sources, there were only 279 professors, including 60 theologians, 76 lawyers, 46 medical professionals and 97 philosophers.

Well-known personalities ( professors and alumni ) of the University of Helmstedt

Surname	Alumnus or professor	Faculty	Life dates		at the Academia Julia		annotation	image
			born	died	from	to
Ludegke Brandes	----	----	1500	1590	----	----	Patrician of the city of Helmstedt, important publisher and bookseller. Patrons of the university, especially the printing company.
Martin Chemnitz	professor	theology	1522	1586	1575	----	Theologian and reformer, played a key role in founding the university.
Tilemann Hesshus	professor	theology	1527	1588	1577	1588	Theologian, student of Melanchthon, superintendent in Goslar, general superintendent in Heidelberg, bishop of Samland.
David Chytraeus	professor	theology	1530	1600	1575	----	Theologian, historian and school founder, significantly involved in the founding of the university.
Jacob Lucius the Elder	----	----	1530	1597	1578	1597	First university printer in Helmstedt, draftsman, typographer and publisher.
Heinrich Paxmann	professor	medicine	1531	1580	1576	1578	Physician, ethnologist and philosopher.
Johannes Caselius	professor	philosophy	1533	1613	1589	1613	Philosopher and humanist, taught philosophy, rhetoric and ethics.
Johannes Borcholt	professor	law	1535	1593	1576	1593	First full professor at the law school.
Daniel Hofmann	professor	Philosophy theology	around 1538	1611	1576	----	First professor of philosophy, then theology, protagonist in Hofmann's dispute (1598).
Johannes Olearius	professor	law	1546	1623	1578	1581	Theologian and philologist, professor of Hebrew language.
Magnus level	professor	philosophy	1547	1619	1579	1581	Physician and mathematician, professor of mathematics in Helmstedt.
Giordano Bruno	professor	theology	1548	1600	----	----	Italian priest, philosopher and poet, burned as a heretic in Rome.
Hermann Neuwalt	professor	medicine	1550	1611	1578	1586	Professor of medicine, opponent of the water test in witches, but not an opponent of the witch hunt.
Johann Arndt	Alumnus	Medicine philosophy	1555	1621	----	----	Theologian and editor of medieval writings.
Heinrich Meibom the Elder	Alumnus Professor	philosophy	1555	1625	1583	----	Historians and poets, works on the history of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and medieval Germany.
Lukas Weischner	----	----	1555	1609	1576	1579	First privileged university bookbinder at the university.
Sethus Calvisius	Alumnus	philosophy	1556	1615	----	----	Composer, cantor in Schulpforta and Leipzig as well as an important astronomer and mathematician.
Johann Barter	professor	law	1558	1617	1595	1617	Legal scholar, works on the works of Roman legal scholars, 1610 Vice-Rector of the University.
Lorenz Scheurl	professor	theology	1558	1613	1592	1613	Theologian, General Superintendent von Helmstedt
Martin Chemnitz	Alumnus	law	1561	1627	1578	1580	Legal scholar and court official in Pomeranian and Schleswig-Holstein services.
Leopold Hackelmann	Alumnus	law	1563	1619	----	----	Legal scholar, works on the works of Roman legal scholars, 1613 prorector of the University of Leipzig.
Heinrich Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel	Alumnus	theology	1564	1613	1576	----	Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1589–1613, Prince-Bishop of Halberstadt 1566–1613, studied in Helmstedt and was appointed first rector of the university by his father, Duke Julius.
Johannes Posselius the Younger	Alumnus	philosophy	1565	1623	1588	----	Rector of the University of Rostock.
Jacob Martini	Alumnus	theology	1570	1649	1590	----	Theologian and philosopher, author of university textbooks on logic and metaphysics
Jacob Lucius the Younger	----	----	1570	1616	1598	1616	University printer in Helmstedt
Johann von Fuchte	Alumnus Professor	theology	1568	1622	1608	1622	Professor of Theology and Librarian of the University Library.
Henning Arnisaeus	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1575	1636	----	1620	Physician, philosopher, politician and publicist, from 1613 professor of medicine.
Johann Friday	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1581	1641	----	1610	Associate professor of medicine, personal physician to Prince Bishop Philipp Sigismund von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel.
Johann Angelius Werdenhagen	Alumnus Professor	philosophy	1581	1652	1616	1618	Philosopher, political scientist and diplomat in the service of the Duchy of Braunschweig-Lüneburg, 1637 imperial envoy.
Christoph Heidmann	Alumnus Professor	philosophy	1582	1627	----	1626	Professor of Philology and Rhetoric, founder of scientific geography.
Georg Calixt	professor	theology	1586	1656	1614	1656	Theologian, held the professorship until his death in 1656.
Joachim Jungius	professor	medicine	1587	1657	1625	1626	Mathematician and physician, professor of medicine in Helmstedt from 1628
Johann Stucke	professor	law	1587	1663	1614	1636	Lawyer and politician, professor in Helmstedt, from 1649 Chancellor of the Swedish government for the Duchy of Bremen-Verden.
Konrad Hornejus	Alumnus Professor	Philosophy theology	1590	1649	1608	1649	Philosopher and theologian, professor of ethics, later professor of Logig and from 1628 second professor of the theological faculty, author of a number of textbooks on logic .
Johann Heinrich Meibom	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1590	1655	1609	1629	Professorship from 1620 to 1629. City doctor in Lübeck and personal physician to the Bishop of Lübeck.
Johan Adler Salvius	Alumnus	philosophy	1590	1652	----	----	Swedish baron, imperial councilor and diplomat who represented Sweden in the negotiations that led to the Peace of Westphalia.
Statius Fabricius	Alumnus Professor	theology	1591	1651	1612	1648	Theologian, abbot in the Amelungsborn monastery.
Hermann Brandes	----	----	----	1661	----	----	Son of Ludegke Brandes. Patrician of the city of Helmstedt, important publisher and bookseller. Patrons of the university, especially the printing company. Founded paper mills in Räbke am Elm for the university.
Michael Walther the Elder	professor	theology	1593	1662	1622	1626	Theologian, court preacher and general superintendent in East Friesland, general superintendent in Celle.
Anton Günther Billich	Alumnus	medicine	1599	1640	1616	1621	Doctor and chemist, studied with Martini, Wolff and Arnisaeus.
Otto Otto von Mauderode	Alumnus	philosophy	1600	1671	----	1624	Braunschweig-Lüneburg Privy Councilor and Envoy.
Johann Schröder	Alumnus	medicine	1600	1664	1620	1622	German medic. He wrote the " Artzney Treasure ", an important 17th century pharmacopoeia.
Christoph Schrader	Alumnus Professor	philosophy	1601	1680	1621	1680	Professor of Rhetoric, Librarian of the University Library from 1640 to 1680.
Otto von Guericke	Alumnus	law	1602	1689	1619	1619	Was only at the University of Helmstedt for a few weeks.
Jacob Tappe	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1603	1680	1621	1680	Only interrupted his 59-year affiliation with Julia Carolina in 1625/26, during the temporary dissolution of the university due to the plague and turmoil of war. Several times Vice Rector of the University.
Heinrich Wendt	Alumnus	philosophy	1605	1683	----	----	Chronicler, was briefly enrolled, left Helmstedt because the plague broke out.
Hermann Conring	Alumnus Professor	Law Medicine Philosophy	1606	1681	1620	1681	One of the most famous scholars of his time, who elevated German legal history to the rank of an independent discipline.
Theodor Hackspan	Alumnus	Philosophy theology	1607	1659	----	----	Later professor in Altdorf.
Justus Georg Schottelius	Alumnus	philosophy	1612	1676	1628	1631	Linguist, from 1631 to 1633 Schottelius studied at the Academic Gymnasium in Hamburg led by Joachim Jungius.
Balthasar Cellarius	professor	theology	1614	1689	1642	1689	Theologian, professor of theology and general superintendent in Helmstedt, Abbot of Marienthal.
Johannes Henichius	Alumnus	theology	1616	1671	1634	1639	Theologian, studied with Calixt.
Johannes Buno	Alumnus	theology	1617	1697	----	----	Pedagogue and theologian
Johann Andreas Quenstedt	Alumnus	theology	1617	1688	1637	1643	Theologian, representative of Lutheran Orthodoxy.
Friedrich Ulrich Calixt	Alumnus Professor	Medicine philosophy theology	1622	1701	---	1701	Theologian, representative of Calixtian theology.
Joachim Johann Mader	Alumnus	history	1626	1680	1646	1651	Historian and educator
Enoch glasses	Alumnus Professor	law	1628	1668	1649	1668	Baroque lawyer and pastoral poet.
Georg von Dassel	Alumnus	law	1629	1687	1648	1651	Politician, councilor and mayor in Lüneburg.
Hulderich of Eyben	professor	law	1629	1699	1669	1678	Imperial Council. 1680 Elevation to the nobility.
Sebastian Scheffer	Alumnus	medicine	1631	1686	----	----	Doctor, City Physician of Frankfurt am Main.
Anton Ulrich, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel	Alumnus	theology	1633	1714	----	----	Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel 1685–1714, studied at the University of Helmstedt and received a doctorate in theology.
Philipp Ludwig Probst	Alumnus	theology	1633	1718	1650	1658	Princely Brunswick-Lüneburg Prime Minister, Chancellor and State Syndic.
Peter Axen	Alumnus	law	1635	1707	1653	1655	Lawyer, philologist, humanist and diplomat, studied law and fine arts in Helmstedt from 1653 to 1655.
Magnus von Wedderkop	Alumnus	Law philosophy	1637	1721	----	----	Legal scholar, Schleswig-Holstein statesman and politician.
Georg Engelbrecht the Elder	Alumnus Professor	law	1638	1705	----	1705	Jurist and Brunswick-Lüneburg council, author of works on Roman private law and archive law.
Heinrich Meibom	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1638	1700	1664	1700	Medic and poet. From 1664 he held a chair for medicine at the University of Helmstedt. In 1678 he also became a professor of history and poetry. He held these positions until his death in 1700.
Johannes Saubert the Younger	Alumnus Professor	Philosophy theology	1638	1688	1659	1673	Theologian, professor of oriental languages ​​and theology, began a linguistically accurate translation of the Bible.
Michael Walther the Younger	Alumnus	theology	1638	1692	1654	1658	Theologian and mathematician.
Paul von Fuchs	Alumnus	law	1640	1704	1660	----	Brandenburg-Prussian Minister.
Adam Tribbechov	Alumnus	theology	1641	1687	1660	1662	German theologian, historian and ethnologist.
Johann Eisenhart	Alumnus Professor	Philosophy Law	1643	1707	1663	1707	German legal scholar. First studied philosophy in 1663, later law. From 1675 professor of law, from 1678 professor of history and poetry, from 1688 again professor at the law faculty. Multiple dean and prorector of the university.
Caspar Sagittarius	Alumnus	Theology philosophy	1643	1694	----	1668	German historian and university professor in Jena
Johann Diedrich Schaffshausen	Alumnus	law	1643	1697	1663	1666	Politician, councilor and mayor of Hamburg
Johann Fabricius	Alumnus	theology	1644	1729	1663	----	Theologian, abbot in Königslutter, ducal Braunschweig consistorial councilor and member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences.
Johann Heinrich Horb	Alumnus	theology	1645	1695	----	----	Theologian, representative of pietism.
Friedrich Weise	professor	theology	1649	1735	1797	Clergyman, theologian and university professor
Johann Andreas Schmidt	professor	theology	1652	1726	1695	1726	Theologian, church historian and physician, Abbot of Mariental near Helmstedt.
Johann Andreas Stisser	professor	medicine	1657	1700	1688	1700	Professor of medicine and botany, founder of the Helmstdt Botanical Garden, epilepsy researcher.
Konrad Barthold Behrens	Alumnus	medicine	1660	1736	----	1684	Doctor and historian, doctorate in 1684.
Hermann von der Hardt	professor	philosophy	1660	1746	1688	1727	Librarian in 1688, then professor of oriental languages, orientalist and historian, forced to retire in 1727.
Thank god wreath	Alumnus	philosophy	1660	1733	----	----	Historian and educator, librarian and rector of the Elisabet High School in Wroclaw.
Christian Heinrich Behm	Alumnus	theology	1662	1740	1682	1685	Theologian, abbot of the Amelungsborn monastery.
Johann Christian Lünig	Alumnus	law	1662	1740	----	----	Lawyer, historian and publicist.
Christian Wilhelm von Eyben	Alumnus	law	1663	1727	1680	----	German lawyer and diplomat.
Johann Karl Spies	professor	medicine	1663	1729	1718	1729	Physicist and doctor, professor of anatomy and physiology, court medicus to Duke Anton Ulrich and personal physician to his son August Wilhelm.
Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen	Alumnus	philosophy	1663	1727	1688	1688	German orientalist.
Johann Georg von Eckhart	professor	philosophy	1674	1730	1706	1714	German historian, collaborator with Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Johann Georg Steigerthal	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1666	1740	1684	1715	Professor of Medicine, member of the Royal Society of London and personal physician to King George I of Great Britain.
Jacob Paul von Gundling	Alumnus	law	1673	1731	----	----	Historian. Court scholar and 'court jester' of the Prussian "soldier king" Friedrich Wilhelm I.
Johann Friedrich Hodann	Alumnus	theology	1674	1745	1693	----	Theologian and educator, assistant to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz .
Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer	Alumnus	philosophy	1678	1742	1700	----	Historian.
Brandan Meibom	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1678	1740	1695	1740	Physician and botanist, director of the botanical garden and several times prorector of the university.
Jakob Burckhard	Alumnus	----	1681	1752	----	----	Classical philologist and librarian
Augustin Leyser	professor	law	1683	1752	1712	1729	In 1712 he received a professorship at the University of Helmstedt, where in the meantime he also served as the university's prorector.
Lorenz Heister	professor	medicine	1683	1758	1719	1758	Physician, professor of medicine and botany, laid out the famous second botanical garden in Helmstedt.
Samuel Lenz	Alumnus	law	1686	1776	1705	1707	Historian, lawyer and university professor
Johann Heinrich Stuss	Alumnus	Philosophy theology	1686	1775	1704	1713	Pedagogue
Johann Konrad Sigismund Topp	professor	law	1692	1757	1748	1757	Legal scholar, Hanoverian court advisor, writings on civil and canon law, pandects and feudal law.
Peter Gericke	professor	medicine	1693	1750	1730	1750	Professor of Anatomy, Pharmacy and Chemistry; Member of the Academy of Sciences in Berlin and personal physician to the Duke of Braunschweig.
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim	professor	theology	1693	1755	1723	1747	Theologian, first Chancellor of the University of Göttingen.
Johann Georg Pertsch	professor	law	1694	1754	1743	1754	Church historian, professor of law and Brunswick court councilor.
Johann Sigismund Schulin	Alumnus	----	1694	1750	----	----	German-Danish diplomat and foreign minister
Johann Christoph Harenberg	Alumnus	theology	1696	1774	1715	1719	Theologian and historian, author of a work on vampires and "blood-sucking dead".
Paul Gottlieb Werlhof	Alumnus	medicine	1699	1767	----	----	Mediciners.
Anton Wilhelm Amo	Alumnus	philosophy	1700	1754	1721	1727	Philosopher, first black African student in Europe.
Johann Nicolaus Frobesius	Alumnus	philosophy	1701	1756	1720	1723	German philosopher and mathematician.
Friedrich Karl von Buri	Alumnus	law	1702	1767	1721	----	Lawyer and diplomat
Christoph Timotheus Seidel	professor	theology	1703	1758	1729	1758	Theologian, several times Vice-Rector of the University.
Johann Friedrich Crell	professor	medicine	1707	1747	1737	1747	Anatomist and physiologist.
Johann Hinrich Pratje	Alumnus	theology	1710	1791	1729	----	Theologian and historian. General superintendent in Bremen and Verden.
Johann Friedrich Karl von Alvensleben	Alumnus	law	1712	1795	----	----	British-Hanoverian Minister.
Gottfried Ludwig Mencke the Younger	professor	law	1712	1762	1749	1762	In 1749 he received a call from Duke Karl von Braunschweig as a full professor of law, councilor and assessor at the law faculty of the University of Helmstedt.
Anton Friedrich Kahn	----	----	1713	1797	1759	1797	Oberfechtmeister of the university, author of a work on the art of fencing.
Johann Gottlob Kruger	professor	medicine	1715	1759	1750	1759	Doctor and naturalist.
Johann Ernst Schubert	professor	theology	1717	1774	1748	1764	Professor of theology, author of numerous treatises on questions of dogmatics, the history of dogma and canon law.
Johann Friedrich Eisenhart	Alumnus Professor	law	1720	1783	1739	1783	German lawyer and journalist. Author of legal narratives on historical criminal cases.
Franz Dominikus Häberlin	professor	law	1720	1787	1746	1787	German lawyer, historian and publicist. Librarian of the university library from 1757.
Franz Ignatius Rothfischer	professor	philosophy	1721	1755	1752	1755	Theologian, professor of philosophy.
Johann Balthasar Lüderwald	Alumnus	theology	1722	1796	1739	1742	theologian
Johann Jakob Hentsch	professor	philosophy	1723	1764	1758	1764	Professor of Mathematics
Johann Christian Wernsdorf I.	professor	philosophy	1723	1793	1752	1793	Professor of Rhetoric and Poetry.
Philipp von Westphalen	Alumnus	law	1723	1792	1740	1742	Confidante and collaborator of Duke Ferdinand von Braunschweig.
Gottfried Christoph Beireis	Alumnus	medicine	1730	1809	1756	1759	Medicines and chemists.
Albert Philipp Frick	professor	law	1733	1798	1756	1798	Legal scholar
Wilhelm Friedrich Cappel	Alumnus Professor	medicine	1734	1800	1757	1800	Medic, Brunswick Councilor
Wilhelm Abraham Teller	professor	theology	1734	1804	1761	1769	Theologian, representative of rationalist and critical theology.
Karl Friedrich Paelike	professor	law	1736	1783	1765	1783	Legal scholar
Johann Georg Jacobi	Alumnus	Law philosophy	1740	1814	----	1776	Poet and publicist, was appointed the first Protestant rector of the University of Freiburg in 1791.
Johann Kaspar Velthusen	professor	theology	1740	1814	1778	1787	Theologian, also worked as abbot of the Mariental monastery and as a professor at the universities of Kiel and Rostock.
Johann Philipp Du Roi	Alumnus	medicine	1741	1785	----	1764	Doctor and botanist specializing in dendrology. Its official botanical author's abbreviation is "Du Roi".
Paul Jakob Bruns	professor	theology	1743	1814	1781	1810	Professor of oriental languages ​​and literary history, librarian from 1787.
Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig	Alumnus	philosophy	1743	1831	----	1773	Mathematician and scientist.
Lawrence of Crell	Alumnus Professor	Medicine philosophy	1744	1816	1765	1810	Medicines and chemists.
Heinrich Philipp Sextro	professor	theology	1746	1838	1789	1798	Theologian, founder of industrial education in Germany.
Joachim Heinrich Campe	Alumnus	theology	1746	1818	1765	1768	Writer and publisher.
Benjamin Georg Pessler	Alumnus	theology	1747	1814	1765	1769	Theologian, pastor and inventor of mechanical agricultural machinery.
Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke	Alumnus	Philosophy theology	1752	1809	1772	1776	Theologian, representative of rationalist and critical theology.
Johann Friedrich Christoph Gräffe	Alumnus	theology	1754	1816	1797		Theologian and clergyman
Karl Friedrich Häberlin	Alumnus Professor	law	1756	1808	----	----	Lawyer and university professor in Erlangen and Helmstedt, member of the imperial estates and the legislative commission in the Kingdom of Westphalia .
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Luce	Alumnus	theology	1756	1842	1776	1777	Theologian, physician, writer and numismatist.
Johann Ernst von Alvensleben	Alumnus	law	1758	1827	1775	1781	Minister in Braunschweig.
August Lafontaine	Alumnus	theology	1758	1831	1777	1780	Theologian and writer.
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Cappel	Alumnus	medicine	1759	1799	1776	1781	doctor
Bernhard Andreas von Heim	Alumnus	philosophy	1759	1821	----	----	Polymath and university professor, rector of Moscow University from 1808 to 1819.
Johan Gadolin	Alumnus	philosophy	1760	1852	----	----	Finnish chemist.
Johann Christian Gottlieb Wernsdorf	professor	philosophy	1762	1822	1787	1810	associate professor of philosophy
Wilhelm Josephi	Alumnus	medicine	1763	1845	1785	1785	Professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Obstetrics in Rostock.
Hans von Held	Alumnus	law	1764	1842	----	----	Customs council in Prussia, publicist and poet.
Carl Wilhelm Ernst Heimbach	Alumnus	Philosophy and theology	1765	1801	1781	1783	Rector of the Princely School Pforta
Johann Friedrich Pfaff	professor	philosophy	1765	1825	1788	----	Professor of Mathematics.
Karl Bege	Alumnus	law	1768	1849	1790	1793	Lawyer and historian
Israel Jacobson	----	----	1768	1828	----	----	Banker, merchant and reformer of Jewish worship, received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1807.
Karl Heinrich Georg Venturini	Alumnus	theology	1768	1849	1788	1794	Theologian and author of theological and historical works.
Christian Heinrich Gottlieb Köchy	Alumnus	law	1769	1828	----	----	Legal scholar
Gottfried Philipp von Bülow	Alumnus	law	1770	1850	1789	1793	Statesman and historian, participant in the student riots at the University of Helmstedt in February 1791.
Friedrich Karl von Strombeck	Alumnus	law	1771	1848	1789	1791	Participant in the student riots at the university in February 1791, court and abbey councilor at Gandersheim Monastery, member of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia, court president of the Einbeck district, close friend of the French writer Stendhal (1783–1842), envoy of the Principality of Lippe to the German Confederation.
Ludwig Christoph Wilhelm Cappel	Alumnus	medicine	1772	1804	1793	1796	Mediciners
Gabriel Gottfried Bredow	professor	philosophy	1773	1814	1804	1809	Historian and educator.
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Günther	professor	law	1773	1854	1808	1810	Legal scholar, judge and politician
Franz Bogislaus Westermeier	professor	theology	1773	1831	1792	1795	Theologian, general superintendent and bishop of the ecclesiastical province of Saxony.
Johann Heinrich Bernhard Dräseke	Alumnus	theology	1774	1849	1792	1794	Theologian, general superintendent and bishop.
Friedrich Gottlieb Crome	Alumnus	theology	1776	1850	1795	1797	Theologian and author.
Carl Friedrich Gauss	Alumnus	philosophy	1777	1855	1799	----	Mathematician and astronomer, doctorate in Helmstedt.
Johann Ludwig Christian Carl Gravenhorst	Alumnus	law	1777	1857	1797	1799	German zoologist.
Eduard von Schrader	Alumnus + professor	Theology / law	1779	1860	1798/1804	1800/1810	German legal scholar.
Elias Gerhard Julius Hundiker	Alumnus	theology	1784	1854	1802	1805	Theologian and novelist.
Ferdinand Mackeldey	Alumnus Professor	law	1784	1834	1802	1810	Son of the university stable master. Lawyer and professor at the universities of Helmstedt, Marburg and Bonn.
Wilhelm Gesenius	Alumnus	Philosophy theology	1786	1842	1803	1810	Theologian, Hebraist, works on the lexicography and grammar of the Hebrew language.
Wilhelm Theodor Hundiker	Alumnus	Philosophy theology	1786	1828	1805	1806	Pedagogue, philologist and author of foreign language textbooks.
Christian Ludwig Gerling	Alumnus	theology	1788	1864	1809	1810	Mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

literature

• Hans Haase: The University of Helmstedt 1576-1810. Pictures from their history , Jacobi-Verlag Bremen / Wolfenbüttel 1976, ISBN 3-87447-052-0 .
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th centuries , Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 .
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Günter Scheel (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries , Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabine Ahrens: The teachers of the University of Helmstedt (1576-1810). Publications of the district lakes Helmstedt, Vol. 7, District Helmstedt, Helmstedt 2004, ISBN 3-937733-70-1
2. ^ Carl von Heister: News about Gottfried Christoph Beireis, Professor zu Helmstedt from 1759 to 1809 . Nicolai, Berlin 1860, p. 60

See also

• Former Helmstedt University Library

Web links

Commons : Professors from the former University of Helmstedt  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The register of the University of Helmstedt , internet portal of the research project "Knowledge Production at the University of Helmstedt" of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel, accessed on September 22, 2013
• The catalog of professors of the University of Helmstedt , internet portal of the research project "Knowledge Production at the University of Helmstedt" of the Herzog August Library Wolfenbüttel, accessed on September 22, 2013