Samuel Holzach
Samuel Holzach (* 1536 in Basel ; † 1616 there ) was a Swiss academic.
Life
Samuel Holzach, son of the businessman and politician Onophrion Holzach , studied at the universities of Basel and Bologna and obtained the academic titles Magister artium and Dr. med. In 1576 he was appointed Professor of Eloquence at the University of Basel . In 1589 he took over the professorship of the Greek language. In 1594 he was horrified in office because of poor performance and vicious life, after he had been imprisoned in 1566 for “over-drinking” and blasphemy.
literature
- Johann Wernhard Herzog : Athenae Rauricae. Sive Catalogus Professorum Academiae Basiliensis from a.MCCCCLX to a.MDCCLXXVIII cum brevi singulorum biographia , Basel 1778, p. 362 ( digitized version )
- Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz , Vol. 4, 1927, p. 279.
- Gustaf Adolf Wanner : The Holzach. Story of an old Swiss family. Basel, Frankfurt a. M. 1982.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holzach, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1536 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1616 |
| Place of death | Basel |