Matthew Clemasius

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Matthäus Clemasius , also Matthaeus Clemas (born October 26, 1640 in Ebersbach , Upper Lusatia ; † December 25, 1702 in Greifswald ), was a German physician , university professor and city ​​physician from Greifswald.

Matthäus Clemasius attended the school in Löbau and the grammar school in Bautzen . He then studied at the University of Leipzig for two years first theology, then philosophy and obtained a master's degree before studying medicine for four years. After that he was the personal physician of the Saxon Chancellor von Taube at the court of the Saxon Elector Johann Georg II. In Dresden and accompanied him on his legation trips.

In 1673 he went to Greifswald, where he disputed pro grad and received his doctorate in 1674 under Christoph Helwig . In the same year he successfully applied for a completed medical professorship, which was connected to the office of City Physician of Greifswald. In 1682, 1691 and 1699 he was elected rector of the university.

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literature

  • Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Vorpomerisch-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century until 1822. Volume 1: A - M. Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, p. 42.
  • Johann Gottfried Ludwig Kosegarten : History of the University of Greifswald. With documented enclosures. Volume 1. Koch, Greifswald 1857, p. 267 ( Google books ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nils Jörn: The origin of the professorships at Greifswald University between 1456 and 1815 . In: Dirk Alvermann , Nils Jörn, Jens E. Olesen (eds.): The University of Greifswald in the educational landscape of the Baltic Sea region . LIT, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0189-2 , p. 171, footnote 62.
  2. ^ Christoph Helwig : History of the Medical Faculty Greifswald. History of the medical faculty from 1456 to 1713 (= contributions to the history of the University of Greifswald. Vol. 3). Edited and translated by Hans Georg Thümmel . Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-515-07908-4 , pp. 153f., ( Google books ).

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predecessor Office successor
Friedrich Gerdes Rector of the University of Greifswald
1682 		Christian Saalbach
predecessor Office successor
Alexander Caroc Rector of the University of Greifswald
1691 		Heinrich Brandanus Gebhardi
predecessor Office successor
Peter of Mascow Rector of the University of Greifswald
1699 		Peter of Mascow
personal data
SURNAME Clemasius, Matthew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clemas, Matthäus; Clemasius, Matthaeus; Clemas, Matthew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, university professor and city physician from Greifswald
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1640
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersbach , Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1702
Place of death Greifswald