Michael Gottlieb Agnethler

Michael Gottlieb Agnethler (born July 19, 1719 in Sibiu ; † June 15, 1752 in Helmstedt ) was a Transylvanian natural scientist and numismatist .

Life

Michael Gottlieb Agnethler, whose family was originally called Lang , was born on July 19, 1719 in Sibiu as the son of the pastor and headmaster Daniel Agnethler. From 1742 he studied at the University of Halle first theology , philosophy, mathematics, history and from 1746 medicine. In 1750 he received his doctorate in philosophy , and in the following year as a doctor of medicine . In 1750 he was accepted into the imperial academy of natural scientists. A short time later he was appointed professor of rhetoric and archeology at the University of Helmstedt . Agnethler died shortly after taking office on June 15, 1752 at the age of 32 of consumption , which he had suffered from since childhood. He had also published the four publications Systema Naturae , Fundamenta Botanica , Bibliotheca Botanica and Classes Plantarum by Carl von Linné .

Works (selection)

Martin Schmeitzel's explanation of the golden and silver coins of Transylvania, which at the same time reveals the remarkable events of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries in the Transylvanian principality. Edited by Gottlieb Michael Agnethler. Hall 1748, OCLC 838063545 .
Index Bibliothecae, Res Hungariae, Transilvaniae vicinarumque Provinciae illustrantis quam […] Michael Gottlieb Agnethler Codicibus praecipue Msptis auxit. Kittler, Hall 1751, OCLC 48737272 .

literature

Rolf Volkmann: Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 30 .
Friedrich Schuler from Libloy: Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 140.
Constantin von Wurzbach : Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University printing house L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 7 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Michael Gottlieb Agnethler on worldcat.org (list of publications)

Individual evidence

^ Rolf Volkmann: Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 30 .

personal data
SURNAME	Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Transylvanian scientist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1719
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sibiu
DATE OF DEATH	June 15, 1752
Place of death	Helmstedt

[1] Rolf Volkmann: Agnethler, Michael Gottlieb. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 30 .