Michael Heinrich Horn

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Michael Heinrich Horn, copper engraving by Christian Romstet

Michael Heinrich Horn (born August 19, 1623 in Heringen / Helme ; † October 16, 1681 in Leipzig ) was a German chemist and physician. He is considered a pioneer in chemistry at the University of Leipzig.

Life

Michael Heinrich was the son of Heringen pastor Johannes Horn (born April 5, 1590 in Schwartzenborn; † July 20, 1648 in Heringen) and Magdalena (* 1601 in Frankenhausen; † May 6, 1639 in Heringen), the daughter of the countess Schwarzburgischer Kornschreiber von Franckenhausen Heinrich Kroborn and Magdalena, daughter of the archdeacon of Frankenhausen Johann Jüngling. He attended the school in Heringen, 1639 the grammar school in Eisleben and later the school in Arnstadt , where he acquired the basics for a university course.

In 1646 he moved to the University of Jena , where he first completed a degree in philosophy and in 1650 acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy. Building on his basic philosophical studies, he conducted medical studies. To this end, he went to Philipp Grüling (1593–1667) in Stolberg, was with Ecchard Leichner (1612–1690) in Erfurt and was assistant to Johannes Hoppius (1616–1654) in Leipzig.

In 1654 he went on a major scholarly trip. After spending half a year at the University of Leiden , he traveled to England via Flanders and Brabant in 1655 and then spent half a year in Paris . From there he went to Italy, where he visited Venice and, after a five-month stay at the University of Padua, received his doctorate in medicine in 1656 . After stops in Milan , Vienna , Prague and Breslau , he returned to Leipzig and took over his own practice there in 1657.

His reputation reached the Saxon court, so that he was appointed personal physician to Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony and the administrator of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg August von Sachsen-Weißenfels . At the same time he continued his university ambitions at the University of Leipzig. In 1668 he was the first chemist to become an associate professor of chemistry at the university and in this role sought  to fight the devastating epidemics of his time -  cholera , typhus and plague .

After the death of Siegmund Ruprecht Sultzberger (around 1628–1675) he was appointed full professor of pathology at the medical faculty in 1675, shortly afterwards he was a member of the great prince's college , decemvir of the university, dean of the medical faculty and in the winter semester of 1677 rector of the Alma mater . Finally he became heir, feudal lord and court lord in Gohlis , Möckern and Großlehna .

In 1686 his descendants had him erect a mighty epitaph with a portrait bust, which is attributed to Johann Caspar Sandtmann from Kassel as the creator.

family

Horn was married twice. On April 26, 1658 he married Rosina Burchard (* October 2, 1629 in Leipzig; † August 18, 1659 ibid), daughter of the archdeacon of St. Thomas and doctor of theology Mauritius Burchard (* May 10, 1586 in Döbeln; † July 15, 1637 in Leipzig) and his wife Catharina Becker († June 19, 1633), daughter of the doctor, as well as professor of theology and pastor at St. Thomas Church Cornelius Becker (born October 24, 1561 in Leipzig ; † May 25, 1604 ibid). A daughter is known from this marriage, Rosina Elisabeth Horn (born August 8, 1659 in Leipzig; † November 14, 1707 ibid) married. December 4, 1677 with Daniel Griebner. His second marriage was on February 16, 1661 with Maria Schacher, the daughter of Quirinus Schacher , the widow of Philipp Georg Pöckel. A daughter Maria Magdalena Horn is known from this marriage.

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SURNAME Horn, Michael Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and physician
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1623
PLACE OF BIRTH Pegs / helmets
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1681
Place of death Leipzig