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Samuel Heiland on a painting by Anton Ramsler (1590) in the Tübingen Professorengalerie

Samuel Heiland (born July 7, 1533 in Basel , † May 13, 1592 in Tübingen ) was a Württemberg Lutheran theologian, philosopher and educator.

Life

Samuel Heiland was a son of Marcus Heiland . He studied philosophy and theology in Strasbourg at the St. Wilhelm monastery, then in Basel and finally from 1551 in the Tübingen monastery . It was 1554 and received master's in 1557 when Duke Christoph made reorganization of the theological pin in Tübingen the place of the Master domus or headmaster , first as an adjunct , then as successor to Georg Liebler . In 1559 he was also appointed professor of ethics in the philosophy faculty and held this dual position for 33 years until his death in 1592 after a long illness.

In addition to specializing in ancient languages, he was well versed in philosophy, history, mathematics and astronomy, chemistry and astrology. He made particular merits by managing the Tübingen monastery. It was just under his ephorate that the institution reached its highest level of prosperity and fame. Heiland also conscientiously fulfilled the obligations of his academic teaching post. At the urging of his friends, he published a short compendium of ethics with the title "Aristotelis Ethicorum ad Nicomachum libri X breviter per quaestiones expositi" with a preface by the Tübingen Aristotelian Jacob Schegk , first printed in Leipzig without the year, then in Tübingen in 1585.

In 1565 Samuel Heiland married Juliana Winther (* around 1525; † 1581), the widow of Johannes Schwarz called Zimmermann (1524–1563), Dr. med. and ducal personal physician in Stuttgart. His daughter Barbara (* 1565; † 1619) was a godchild of Martin Crusius and became the wife of Andreas Osiander .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Julius August Wagenmann:  Heiland, Samuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 11, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 310 f.