Michael Neander (mathematician)

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Michael Neander , (also: Neumann ; born April 3, 1529 in Joachimsthal ; † October 23, 1581 in Jena ) was a German mathematician, philologist and physician.

Life

Neander attended the Latin school in his hometown, where Johannes Mathesius, as pastor of the congregation, had taken over the supervision of the school and on which such important personalities as Kaspar Eberhard , Johann Praetorius or Nikolaus Herman had left their mark. On May 12, 1547 he entered the register of the University of Wittenberg ; At that time he experienced the Schmalkaldic War , which led to the widespread stoppage of teaching at the Wittenberg University. After the Wittenberg surrender , however, a large part of the teaching staff returned to Wittenberg under Philipp Melanchthon's leadership, so that the university was revived.

At that time Veit Winsheim taught the Greek language and literature there, Theodor Fabricius the Hebrew language, lower mathematics was taught by Johannes Aurifaber (Vratislaviensis) and higher mathematics by Erasmus Reinhold . Under Reinhold's deanery he received the baccalaureate on October 6, 1549 and under the deanery of Paul Eber on August 14, 1550 the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophical sciences. After he was accepted into the senate of the philosophical faculty on October 18, 1551, he went to the high school in Jena, where he was appointed professor of mathematics and Greek languages.

In Jena he studied medicine in addition to his teaching duties, then with the founding of the University of Jena he was also professor of mathematics and Greek and was one of the first to receive his doctorate on August 22, 1558 at the newly founded University of Jena , with a disputation on "De thermis" the warm baths, to the doctor of medicine. In 1560 he became a professor at the medical faculty, which he remained until the end of his life. Neander had also taken on organizational tasks at the Jena University and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semesters 1560, 1566 and in the summer semester 1576 . Neander had made a name for himself above all in the mathematical field of astrology. Hence the Neander Crater on the moon is named after him.

He was married to Katharina, the daughter of the official in Wachsenburg and Ichtershausen Paul Mühlpfort. From this marriage the daughters Euphrosina Neander (* March 12, 1576 in Jena; † January 26, 1628 ibid., Married April 27, 1607 with Prof. derrechte in Jena Virgilius Pingitzer (1541-1619)) and Katharina (* September 1558 in Jena; † January 25, 1596 in Eisleben, married November 25, 1577 with Mag. Melchior Herlitz) known.

Selection of works

  • ΣΥΝΟΨΙΣ mensurarum et ponderum, ponderationisque mensurabilium secundum Romanos, Athenienses… Accesserunt etiam quae apud Galenum hactenus extabant de ponderum et mensurarum ratione… Basel 1555
  • Methodorum in omni genere artium brevis et succincta ὑφήγησις. Basel, 1556
  • Elementa sphaericae doctrinae seu de primo motu: in usum studiosae iuventutis methodice et perspicue conscripta e Michaele Neandro ex valle Joachimica. Accessit praecipua computi astronomici materia, ubi temporis pleraeque differentiae explicantur. Basel 1561

literature

  • Johannes Günther: Life sketches of the professors at the University of Jena from 1558 to 1858. Mauke, Jena 1858, p. 162 ( online ).
  • Luise Hallof, Klaus Hallof: The inscriptions of the city of Jena until 1650. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1992, p. 142.
  • Richard Hoche :  Neander, Michael (medic) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 340.
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General learned lexicon. Leipzig, 1751, vol. 3, col. 840.
  • Julius Pagel : Biographical lexicon of outstanding doctors. Vol. IV, Berlin / Vienna 1932.
  • Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes. Vol. 6, self-published, Boppard am Rhein 1970, R 5297.
  • Robert Weißmann: Cryptoradical Approaches and Emancipation in the Work of the Jena Polyhistor Michael Neander . In: Günter Mühlpfordt, Ulman Weiß (ed.): Kryptoradikalität in the early modern period (= Friedenstein research. Vol. 5). Stuttgart 2009, pp. 181-204.
  • Rudolf Wolkan : Bohemia's share in the German literature of the XVI. Century. K. uk Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase, Prague 1894, part 3, p. 169.
  • Michael Neander. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 23, Leipzig 1740, column 1415.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The year of his death 1613 is often cited, which is probably due to a transcription error or a mix-up with the archdeacon of the same name in Neustadt / Orla
  2. ↑ AAV 239b, 33
  3. ↑ Köstlin: B & MphFUWB
  4. ↑ Thomas Pester: The Rectors / Vice Rectors of the University of Jena 1548 / 49-2008 ( Memento from November 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 890 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Neander, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Michael Neumann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mathematician, philologist and physician
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1529
PLACE OF BIRTH Joachimsthal
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1581
Place of death Jena