Samuel Battierius

Samuel Battierius , German also Samuel Battier , (born January 23, 1667 in Basel , † March 24, 1744 there ) was a Swiss classical philologist .

life and work

Battierius was trained as a Graecist until 1680. In 1683 he received his doctorate in philology. In 1690 he also became a doctor of medicine.

After thorough studies in medicine and philology, he went on an educational trip to Paris, where he got to know the philosopher Nicolas Malebranche personally. Battierius studied Greek manuscripts in the Paris National Library. From 1704 to 1705 Battierius was deputy professor, from 1705 to 1744 full professor of Greek studies at the University of Basel.

On August 26, 1711 Battierius with the academic surname "Erotianus" (Herodianus) was accepted as a member ( registration number 289 ) in the Leopoldina . In his publications he dealt mainly with philological topics, including Euripides , Diogenes Laertios and the New Testament .

Familiar

His ancestors, two brothers Jean (1537–1602) and Jaques Battier (1543–1603), had come to Basel as religious refugees via Geneva and gained citizenship there around 1570. The descendants initially worked in trade and printing, and later also as scientists.

literature

Andreas Pronay: The Latin grave inscriptions in the cloisters of Basel Minster . 2016, ISBN 978-3-7965-3665-6 , pp. 78-81 ( google.es ).

Web links

Member entry of Samuel Battierius at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina

Remarks

↑ All information is taken from the work "The Latin grave inscriptions in the cloisters of the Basel Minster" by Andreas Pronay.
↑ Herodianus lived in the second century AD and was the first to publish a collection of the writings of Hippocrates .
^ Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 489 digitized
^ Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 205 digitized
^ Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 154 ( archive.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Battierius, Samuel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Battier, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss classical philologist and physician
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1667
PLACE OF BIRTH	Basel
DATE OF DEATH	March 24, 1744
Place of death	Basel

[1] All information is taken from the work "The Latin grave inscriptions in the cloisters of the Basel Minster" by Andreas Pronay.

[2] Herodianus lived in the second century AD and was the first to publish a collection of the writings of Hippocrates .

[3] Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 489 digitized

[4] Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the Imperial Leopoldino-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann, Jena 1860, p. 205 digitized

[5] Willi Ule : History of the Imperial Leopoldine-Carolinian German Academy of Natural Scientists during the years 1852–1887 . With a look back at the earlier times of its existence. Commissioned by Wilhelm Engelmann in Leipzig, Halle 1889, supplements and additions to Neigebaur's history, p. 154 ( archive.org ).