Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer
Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer , also Nicolaus Hinrich (born June 3, 1765 in Lübeck , † August 22, 1822 ibid) was a German physician and private scholar.
Life
Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer was the son of the wealthy brewer Hinrich Ulrich Brehmer (1729–1804). He attended the Katharineum in Lübeck and began studying Protestant theology at the University of Jena at Easter 1786 , which he continued at the University of Göttingen from Easter 1790 . Around Michaelmas 1790 he returned to Lübeck and became a candidate for the Ministry of Spirituality . After two years he decided to give up theology and start studying medicine, for which he went back to Jena.
After completing his medical studies with a doctorate in Jena in 1794, he settled in Lübeck as a general practitioner. After the death of his wife, he traveled a lot and gave up his practice in 1807. He now devoted himself entirely to his studies and his civic engagement.
family
Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer was married to Magdalene Juliane, born in 1797. Walbaum (born December 14, 1775; † August 23, 1805), the daughter of the doctor Johann Julius Walbaum . She died as a result of a stillbirth . Of the couple's sons, Heinrich Brehmer became Lübeck senator and mayor; Friedrich Brehmer (1802–1857), the younger son, leased the Falkenhusen estate and was the father of the mechanical engineering entrepreneur and inventor Hugo Brehmer .
In 1809 Nikolaus Heinrich Brehmer married the widow Maria Magdalene Ehrich, b. Roeper. There are three more children from this marriage.
Social Commitment
Shaped by the thoughts of the Enlightenment , Brehmer was involved in a variety of ways, especially in society for the promotion of charitable activities . He gave numerous lectures, campaigned for the reform of the urban health and midwifery system, and was one of the most active promoters of practical institutions in society such as the water rescue facility. In 1802 he was one of the founders of the Travemünde seaside resort . From 1814 to 1818 and from 1819 to 1821 he was director of the non-profit organization . From 1819 to 1822 he was a member of the city's Central Arms Deputation .
Works
- Dissertatio inauguralis exhibens cogitata quaedam de febre biliosa. Jenae: Stranckmann 1794
- Dedicated to the memory of a respected doctor D. Johann Julius Walbaum. Lübeck 1799
- Reprinted in Friedrich Schlichtegroll (ed.) Nekrolog for the year 1799. Volume 10/2 Weimar: Perthes 1805, pp. 26–69
- Discoveries in antiquity. Weimar: Landes-Industrie-Comptoir 1822
- Part 1, Abth. 1: Research in Asia
- Part 1, Abth. 2: Research in Europe
literature
- Ludwig Heller: History of the Lübeck Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities. Lübeck: v. Rohden & Bruhn 1839, p. 46f
- Alken Bruns: Brehmer family , in: New Lübecker CVs. Published by Alken Bruns, Neumünster: Wacholtz 2009, ISBN 978-3-529-01338-6 , pp. 95–97, on behalf of the Association for Lübeck History and Archeology
- Rüdiger Kurowski: Medical lectures in the Lübeck Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities 1789-1839: a patriotic society during the Enlightenment and Romanticism. Schmidt-Römhild, Lübeck 1995 ISBN 3-7950-0463-2 , pp. 128f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brehmer, Nikolaus Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brehmer, Nicolaus Hinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and private scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1765 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 22, 1822 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |