Thomas Finck (mathematician)
Thomas Finck (also: Fincke or Finkius ; born January 6, 1561 in Flensburg ; † April 24, 1656 in Copenhagen ) was a German mathematician and physician.
Life
Educated by his father Jacob Finck, who had already learned from Philipp Melanchthon , he attended the Latin school in Flensburg and at the age of 16 moved to the University of Strasbourg . There he studied with Johannes Sturm and Conrad Dasypodius, among others . He then visited the University of Heidelberg , the University of Jena , the University of Wittenberg and the University of Leipzig . After returning to his homeland, he did domestic business and turned to the University of Basel . Here he published the work "Geometriae rotundi libri XIV" in 1583 , which was to become a widespread and recognized work.
Following medical studies, he went to Italy , where he studied in Padua , Pisa , Florence and other places. In 1587 he went to Gottorf Castle , where he was appointed physician to Philipp von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf . After his death in 1591 he went to the University of Copenhagen as a professor of mathematics. There he took over the professorship for rhetoric in 1602, which he exchanged for a professorship for medicine in 1603 and which he held until the end of his life.
Today, Thomas-Fincke-Straße in Flensburg is named after him.
Selection of works
- Geometriae rotundi libri XIV, Basel 1583
- Horoscopographia, Basel 1583, Schleswig 1591
- De constitutione philosophiae mathematicae, 1591
- De Hypothesibus astroitronomicis
- De Constitutione Medicinae
- De Peste
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Finck, Thomas . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 13 f.
- Finck, Thomas. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 932 f.
Web links
- Publications by and about Thomas Finck in VD 17 .
- Gabriele Dörflinger: Fincke, Thomas (6.1.1561 - 24.4.1656) (PDF, 145 KB, created 2016) in the Homo Heidelbergensis mathematicus collection of the Heidelberg University Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Thomas-Fincke-Straße
- ↑ Flensburg street names . Society for Flensburg City History, Flensburg 2005, ISBN 3-925856-50-1 , article: Thomas-Fincke-Straße
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Finck, Thomas |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fincke, Thomas; Finkius, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mathematician and physician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1561 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Flensburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1656 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |