Michael Sennert
Michael Sennert (born December 11, 1615 in Wittenberg ; † July 21, 1691 ibid) was a German physician .
Life
Michael Sennert was the son of Daniel Sennert and his first wife Magaratha, the daughter of Andreas Schato (1539-1603). He matriculated on October 19, 1623 at the University of Wittenberg . In accordance with the circumstances of the time, he first completed a degree in philosophy. In the winter semester of 1632/33 he moved to the University of Leipzig and on November 13, 1639 he enrolled at the University of Altdorf . When he returned to Wittenberg, Sennert learned that an attempt had been made since 1646 to fill a teaching post at the medical faculty. Since no suitable person could be found to fill the chair, Sennert was approached.
His appointment for the vacant chair was linked to the fact that he had completed the required academic degree within one year. He disputed under Marcus Banzer on March 28, 1650, on June 17, 1650, also under Banzer, he became a licentiate in medicine and on the same day he was appointed professor of anatomy and botany at the medical faculty. To meet the established guidelines for the appointment, his doctorate Sennert on November 12, 1650 to the doctor of medicine, rose 1,664 in the second medical professor and was ordained in 1680 for the first professor of the medical faculty.
In his function as professor he also took on organizational tasks at the Wittenberg University. During his tenure, 11 people obtained the academic degrees of licentiate or doctor of medicine. In the winter semesters of 1651, 1657, 1669, 1675, 1681 and 1687 he was rector of the Alma Mater . In place of the late Johann Sperling , he was Vice-Rector of the Wittenberg University from August 13, 1658, and also in the winter semester of 1663.
His marriage to Anna Christina Arnurius, entered into in 1665, was annulled and in 1666 he was temporarily suspended from service. The reasons for this are not known. A painting depicting him is said to be in the collection of the Wittenberg Luther Hall . During his time as an academic teacher, Sennert built a private anatomical museum, which may have already been set up by his father. In the last decade of his life, Sennert no longer appeared as a full professor due to old age, despite the increasing frequency of disputations.
Selection of works
His oeuvre is limited to disputations that are mainly related to his academic development.
- De umbra, 1639
- De viribus imaginationis, 1639
- De capite, diss. anat. 1, 1643
- De peste, 1650
literature
- Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
- Hans Theodor Koch: The Wittenberg Medical Faculty (1502–1652) - A biobibliographical overview. In: Stefan Oehmig: Medicine and social affairs in Central Germany during the Reformation. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Leipzig 2007, ISBN 978-3-374-02437-7
- Wittenberg baptismal register
- Sennertus, Michael. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 37, Leipzig 1743, column 77 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sennert, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1615 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1691 |
| Place of death | Wittenberg |