Matthew Dresser

Matthäus Dresser also: Dressler, Drescher, Dresserus (born August 24, 1536 in Erfurt , † October 5, 1607 in Leipzig ) was a German school humanist , educator , philologist and historian .

Life

Dresser comes from a humble background. After attending school in Erfurt and Eisleben , he began studying at the university in his hometown, where he attended lectures by Martin Seidemann. In Erfurt he has been traceable since 1558, where he acquired the academic degree of Master of Philosophy in 1559. From 1560 he taught Hebrew himself at the University of Erfurt . When the Erfurt Ratsgymnasium began to be built in 1561 , he took part and in 1562 became a professor of Greek literature there himself.

In 1575 Dresser became rector of the electoral state school St. Afra in Meißen . After six years he got a professorship for Greek and Latin languages and history at the University of Leipzig in 1581 . Here he also participated in the organizational tasks of the university. He was dean of the philosophical faculty four times and rector of the alma mater in the winter semester of 1599 . Dresser wrote a number of learned Latin works. The Isagoge historica is considered to be his main work . The electoral Saxon historiographer died of malaria and was buried on October 7, 1607 in the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig . Although he internalized the principles of Melanchthon, he remained true to Lutheran theological sentiments.

Dresser had married twice. His first marriage was in 1565 with Juliane Sarcer (* 1547 in Dillingen; † August 16, 1598 in Leipzig), the daughter of Erasmus Sarcerius . His second marriage was in 1600 with Maria Cordes, the daughter of prepositus at the Leipzig University M. Henricus Cordes. Both marriages remained childless.

Works (selection)

Oratio isocratis Rhetoris Atheniensis disertissimi, elegant disserens de officio Magistratus erga subditos et subditorum erga Magistratur etc., conversa e Graeco in Latinum. Erfurt 1558
Rhetorica, inventionis, dispositionis et elocutionis illustrata et locuplctata quam plurimis exemplis sacris et philosophicis. Erfurt 1570, Basel 1573, 1575 ( online ), Leipzig 1580 ( online )
MT Ciceronis de Natura Deorum libri III cum argumentis, oeconomia, et rerum verborumque accur. et artif. enodatione; additae sunt ad finem cujusque libri disputatione etc. Leipzig 1572
Gymnasmatum linguae graecae libri III orationum, epistolarum et carminum exempla sacra et profana complectentes. Erfurt 1574, Leipzig 1592
De disciplina nova et veteri tam domestica quam scholastica. Basel 1577
Elocutionis rhetoricae doctrina, praeceptis et exemplis cum sacris tum philosophicis exposita et locupletata. Leipzig 1580
Oratio de dialectica Philippi Melanchthonis. Leipzig 1580, ( Online ), 1588
Catechism Parvus D. Martini Lutheri, cum scholis et nonnullis textibus biblicis de festis anni, Item precationibus scholasticis. Wittenberg 1581 ( online )
Oratio de IV monarchiis sive summis imperiis a Daniele propheta expressis. Leipzig 1581
De diebus festis Christianorum, Judaeorum et Ethnicorum liber. Leipzig 1584, 1597 ( online ), 1584
Querela de Pontificiis insidiis per Germaniam. 1584 ( online )
De ordine et progressu professionis suac Lipsiensis. Leipzig 1585
Isagoge historica. Leipzig 1586, 1589 ( online ), 1598 ( online ), 1602 ( online ), 1606 ( online ) and ö. also German under the title Isagoge historica, or historical story etc. Leipzig 1601, From the most noble cities of Germany. A short but clear report. Leipzig 1607, Vol. 5 ( Online )
Orationes Matthaei Dresseri, Tam Rerum varietate et copia quam sermonis puritate et elegantia commendate. Frankfurt / M.1587 ( online )
Orationes duae de Dialectica Phil. Melanthonis. Frankfurt 1588
Narratio de statu Ecclcsiae et Religionis in Persico regno. Wittenberg 1589 ( online )
Confutatio commentitiae opinionis Rob. Bellamini de translatioie Imp. Rome. a Graecis ad Romanos, institutioneque septemvirorum electoralium per pontif. Rome. Frankfurt 1592 ( online )
Oratio funebris de Christiano I. Leipzig 1592 ( Online )
Oratio De vita et morte D. Pauli Lutheri Medici. Leipzig 1593 ( online )
Explicatio ad Rudolphum II. Imp. Rome. historica dicti seu vaticinii cujusdam Lactantii de delendo noraine Romano in terris et transferendo imperio occid. in orient. Leipzig 1593, Leipzig 1602 ( online )
Oratio De Bello Turcico. Jena 1593 ( online )
Oratio De cancellarii munere et dignitate tam in regnis et ducatibus, quam in Academia Lipsiensi. 1594 ( online )
The little princely Chronica, by Kasper Sturm, contin. up to the year Chr. 1596. Leipzig 1596
Saxon Chronicon. Wittenberg 1596 ( online )
Histories and accounts of the newly invented kingdoms of China. Leipzig 1597, Halle 1598 ( online )
Martini Lutheri Historia Leipzig 1598 ( Online )
Congratulations de recuperata Alba rcgali. Leipzig 1600
New register and description of the ancient royal electoral and princely dynasty of the House of Saxony etc. Leipzig 1602 ( online )
Ungnadic Chronica, in which the arrival and expansion of the gentlemen's injustices and chivalric deeds are recorded from 1147 to 1601. Leipzig 1602 ( online ) and as PDF 30 MB

De praecipuis Germaniae urbibus paene ducentis, Isagoges histoncae Pars V. Leipzig 1606, 1618, German Leipzig 1607,
Orationes in unum eorpus redactae. Leipzig 1606
De discendi Ordine Consilium. 1611 ( online )

literature

Dresserus, Matthaeus. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 7, Leipzig 1734, column 1433-1444.
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1750, Vol. 2, Sp. 218 ( online )
Johann August Müller: Attempt of a complete history of the Chursächsische Fürsten- und Landesschule zu Meissen, from documents and credible news. Siegfried Lebrecht Crusius, Leipzig, 1789, p. 61, ( online )
Ed / Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1836, 1st section, vol. 27, p. 423, ( online )
Heinrich Julius Kämmel : Dresser, Matthäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 398-401.
Heinrich Grimm: Dresser (Drescher), Matthäus. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 112 ( digitized version ).
Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard am Rhein 1962/64, Vol. 3, p. 254, R 2438 and 1964, Vol. 4, p. 241, R 3453; see also: Vincentius Schmuck : Funeral Sermon, From the length and breadth of human life, from the 90th Psalm, Bey the memorial of the honorable Mr. D. Matthaei Dresseri, Utriusq [ue] linguae & historiarum in Academia Lipsensi Professoris, and Churf. Saxon. bestallten Historici. Who slept blissfully in Christ on October 5th, 1607, and was honestly buried on earth on the 7th in a crowd of people. Leipzig 1607 ( online )

Web links

Wikisource: Matthäus Dresser - Sources and full texts

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Latin works on the Internet
Latin biography
Reinhardt Eigenwill: Matthäus Dresser (1536–1607) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

Individual evidence

↑ also Side man , * in Mansfeld, teacher and rector in Mansfeld, 1550-1555 Professor of Greek at the University of Erfurt, 1556 Professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg, † 13 June 1558 in Wittenberg; see. New general intelligence sheet for literature and art. Leipzig 1808, Sp. 533, ( online )

personal data
SURNAME	Dresser, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dressler; Thresher; Dresserus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German school humanist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1536
PLACE OF BIRTH	Erfurt
DATE OF DEATH	October 5, 1607
Place of death	Leipzig

[1] so Side man , * in Mansfeld, teacher and rector in Mansfeld, 1550-1555 Professor of Greek at the University of Erfurt, 1556 Professor of Greek at the University of Wittenberg, † 13 June 1558 in Wittenberg; see. New general intelligence sheet for literature and art. Leipzig 1808, Sp. 533, ( online )