Matthias Flacius the Younger

Matthias Flacius , also Matthias Flacius the Younger , called Illyricus , pseudonym Theodorus Henetus (born September 12, 1547 in Braunschweig , † April 27, 1593 in Rostock ) was a German physician, philosopher and professor at the University of Rostock .

education and study

Matthias Flacius was the son of the theologian Matthias Flacius , called Illyricus . In 1562 his father sent him to Strasbourg to study . In 1572 he came to Rostock. On April 1, 1574 he received his master's degree from the Philosophical Faculty.

academic career

In 1580 Matthias (Illyricus) Flacius was appointed Professor of Logic in Rostock by Duke Johann VII .

In 1581 Flacius was awarded a Dr. med. PhD.

In 1590 he is said to have exchanged the professorship in logic for the professorship in medicine.

Flacius died in Rostock in 1593. Little seems to be known about his private life.

Works

Commentariorum physicorum de vita et morte. 1584
Opus logicum In Organon Aristotelis Stagiritae. 1593

literature

Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. 2nd Edition. Volume 2. p. 517.
Johann Bernhard Krey : In memory of the Rostock scholars from the last three centuries. 4th piece, 1814
Axel Wilhelmi : The Mecklenburg doctors. 1901
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 2768 .

Web links

Publications by and about Matthias Flacius the Younger in VD 16 .
Literature on Matthias Flacius the Younger in the state bibliography MV
Entry on Matthias (Illyricus) Flacius in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
Matthias (Illyricus) Flacius in the Rostock matriculation portal

Individual evidence

↑ Post by Mathias Flacius Ilyricus in Rostock Matrikelportal
^ Entry of Matthias Flacius' master's degree in the Rostock matriculation portal
^ According to Johann Bernhard Krey: In memory of the Rostock scholars from the last three centuries. 4th piece, 1814, Flacius was first appointed associate professor of philosophy and logic and not until 1590 as full professor. In the Rostock professor catalog, Flacius is listed as professor of logic for the period from 1580 to 1593.
↑ This doctorate cannot be verified in the Rostock matriculation portal. Both Krey and Axel Wilhelmi: The Mecklenburg doctors. 1901, unanimously say that Flacius was promoted to Dr. med. received his doctorate.
↑ So it is in the Biographical Lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples . 2nd Edition. Volume 2. p. 517. called. It also states that Flacius previously held the chair of physics. For Wilhelmi, on the other hand, the year of the full professorship for medicine is 1592

personal data
SURNAME	Flacius, Matthias the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Flacius, Matthias; Illyricus; Henetus, Theodorus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German physician, philosopher and professor at the University of Rostock
DATE OF BIRTH	September 12, 1547
PLACE OF BIRTH	Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH	April 27, 1593
Place of death	Rostock

[1] Post by Mathias Flacius Ilyricus in Rostock Matrikelportal

[2] Entry of Matthias Flacius' master's degree in the Rostock matriculation portal

[3] According to Johann Bernhard Krey: In memory of the Rostock scholars from the last three centuries. 4th piece, 1814, Flacius was first appointed associate professor of philosophy and logic and not until 1590 as full professor. In the Rostock professor catalog, Flacius is listed as professor of logic for the period from 1580 to 1593.

[4] This doctorate cannot be verified in the Rostock matriculation portal. Both Krey and Axel Wilhelmi: The Mecklenburg doctors. 1901, unanimously say that Flacius was promoted to Dr. med. received his doctorate.

[5] So it is in the Biographical Lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples . 2nd Edition. Volume 2. p. 517. called. It also states that Flacius previously held the chair of physics. For Wilhelmi, on the other hand, the year of the full professorship for medicine is 1592