Lukas Taccius
Lukas Taccius , also Lucas Tacke (* 1552 in Stettin , † October 7, 1612 ) was a German teacher . From 1582 until his death he was the rector of the Greifswald council school .
Life
Lukas Taccius was born in Szczecin . In addition to the Latinized Taccius , the name forms Tagghe , Tacke and Takko were also used for the name of his family ; he himself appears in modern literature in the spelling Lucas Tacke . He attended the Greifswald council school as a pupil and then studied at the University of Greifswald . From 1574 to 1580 he worked as a teacher in Greifenhagen , Rostock and Pasewalk .
In 1582 he became rector of the Greifswald council school and remained so until his death. Under his successful leadership, the school grew to 300 students. The Pomeranian Duke Philipp Julius also held Taccius in high esteem.
He was married to Katharina Temel, the widow of the Greifswald physician Franziskus Joel , who died in 1579 .
Fonts
- Oratio de urbe Gryphiswaldia . (This script, written between 1593 and 1607, is the first attempt at a topographical representation of the city of Greifswald. Printed in: Johann Carl Dähnert : Pommersche Bibliothek . Volume 2, Greifswald 1751, pp. 217–224 ( online ).)
- Arithmeticae praecepta communiora . 1611. New edition 1628. (Excerpt from the textbook Arithmeticae practicae methodus facilis by Gemma Frisius . Taccius had found that the textbook by Gemma Frisius was too extensive for school use in Greifswald and therefore prepared this excerpt.)
literature
- Theodor Pyl : Taccius, Lukas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 37, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 339 f.
- Hermann Friedrich Christoph Lehmann : History of the grammar school in Greifswald. To celebrate the three hundredth anniversary of this institution. Greifswald 1861, p. 49ff.
Web links
- Literature about Lukas Taccius in the state bibliography MV
- Lucas Tackius in the Rostock matriculation portal
Footnotes
- ^ Ludwig Adolf Wiese : The higher school system in Prussia. Historical-statistical representation. Volume 1. Wiegandt and Grieben, Berlin 1864, p. 156 ( online ).
- ^ A b Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen . Part IV, Volume 1, Anklam 1867, p. 319 f. ( Online ).
- ^ Theodor Pyl : Joel, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 113.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taccius, Lukas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tacke, Lucas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German teacher, rector of the Greifswald city school |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1552 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1612 |