Sebastian Vorster
Franz Sebastian Vorster , (baptized January 20, 1666 in Diessenhofen ; † March 20, 1733 - other sources speak of 1738 - in Oberneuwilen ) was a Swiss doctor and member of the academy of scholars “ Leopoldina ”.
Life
Franz Sebastian Vorster was a son of Melchior Vorster and his wife Anna Margaritha, nee Truebin. The family also came from the Dießenhofen family, from which several famous doctors had emerged. He enjoyed lessons from Johann Jakob Wepfer in Schaffhausen . He was a respondent at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg , where he defended his dissertation under Johann Conrad Brunner in 1688. In 1690 he was appointed professor of pharmacology at the University of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1692 he became the personal physician of Prince zu Kempten Rupert von Bodman , in 1697 personal physician of the Bishop of Eichstädt and in 1704 personal physician of the Elector of Mainz Lothar Franz von Schönborn . 1717 he was by Emperor Karl VI. Elevated to the nobility and a year later, in 1718, knighted the empire.
Franz Sebastian Vorster had four sons. His son Johann Werner (1706–1770) was in the imperial service. Carl, Freiherr von Forster, was appointed court councilor to the Electorate of Mainz.
On October 26, 1704, Sebastian Vorster with the academic surname Charikles I was elected member ( matriculation no. 256 ) of the Leopoldina .
Works
- Dissertation (chaired by Johann Conrad Brunner ): Exercitatio Anatomica De Glandula Pituitaria loco Disputationis. The [...] Maii, Anno MDCLXXXVIII. Bergmannus, Heidelberg 1688. Digitized
- Experimenta de pleuro peri pneumonia epidemica cum polypo cordis. 1689.
literature
- Andreas Elias Büchner : Academiae Sacri Romani Imperii Leopoldino-Carolinae Natvrae Cvriosorvm Historia. Litteris et impensis Ioannis Iustini Gebaueri, Halae Magdebvrgicae 1755, De Collegis, p. 486. Digitized
- Johann Daniel Ferdinand Neigebaur : History of the imperial Leopoldino-Carolinische German academy of natural scientists during the second century of its existence. Friedrich Frommann , Jena 1860, p. 203 digitized
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Franciscus Sebastianus Forster in Switzerland, selected baptisms, 1491–1940, baptism location: Katholisch Diessenhofen, Thurgau, Switzerland, FHL film number 958692, In: Ancestry.de
- ↑ Sebastian Forster in Switzerland, selected burials, 1613-1875, place of death: Oberneuwilen, FHL film number: 958120, In: Ancestry.de
- ^ Johann Heinrich Rahn (Ed.): Non-profit weekly paper with physical and medical content. For the best of the Zurich seminar, skilled country doctors. Zurich 1792, p. 368. Digitized
- ^ Franz Sebastian Vorster, Thurgauisches Neujahrsblatt for the year 1828: Dießenhofen's most famous doctors and natural scientists , 1828, p. 14 f. in Google Book Search
Web links
- Member entry of Sebastian Vorster at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina , accessed on January 1, 2020.
- Austrian State Archives. Adelsarchiv 441.22: Franz Sebastian Vorster , accessed on January 1, 2020.
- Verena Baumer-Müller: Vorster. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vorster, Sebastian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vorster, Franz Sebastian; Vorsterus, Franciscus Sebastianus; Charicles I .; Forster, Franciscus Sebastianus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss doctor and member of the Leopoldina Academic Academy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized January 20, 1666 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Diessenhofen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1733 |
| Place of death | Oberneuwilen |