Michael Christoph Hanow
Michael Christoph Hanow (also Hanov , Hanovius ; born December 12, 1695 in Zamborst near Neustettin (Samborsko), Pomerania ; † September 22, 1773 in Danzig ) was a meteorologist, historian, Mag. Phil. Professor of Mathematics and from 1717 rector of the Academic Gymnasium Gdansk .
Life
Hanow studied in Danzig and Leipzig and was a private tutor in Dresden , Leipzig and Danzig before he accepted a position at the Academic Gymnasium Danzig in 1727 . He wrote numerous articles and books that were in the Gdansk City Library. From 1739 he published Danziger Nachrichten and a weekly magazine with a weather forecast. In 1743 he was one of the founding members of the Natural Science Society in Danzig . The term biology goes back to him. In 1745 and 1767 he published Jus Culmense , the complete Culmian law ( Kulmer law ), as well as a collection of Prussian, previously unpublished, documents.
With Georg Daniel Seyler , Gottfried Lengnich and David Braun , he was one of the most important regional historians of the 18th century.
Fonts
- Philosophiae naturalis sive physicae dogmaticae: Geologia, biologia, phytologia generalis et dendrologia, 1766
literature
- Carl von Prantl : Hanov, Michael Christoph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 524 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Christoph Hanow in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Eduard Schumann: History of the Natural Research Society in Danzig 1743-1892 , Leipzig 1893. [1] (Festschrift to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Natural Research Society in Danzig on January 2, 1893).
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanow, Michael Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hanov, Michael Christoph; Hanovius, Michael Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician, meteorologist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zamborst , Pomerania |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 22, 1773 |
| Place of death | Danzig |