Tobias Magirus
Tobias Magirus (born May 25, 1586 in Angermünde ; † January 6, 1652 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) was a German polyhistor .
Life
Magirus attended the schools in Stendal , Königsberg in the Neumark and Frankfurt an der Oder. In 1606 he went to the University of Frankfurt , where he obtained his master's degree in 1608 . He was in 1610 a teacher at the school Joachimsthal and vice-principal of the school, before a 1615 reputation as a professor followed the logic returns to the Frankfurt University. In 1625 he switched to the professorship of physics at the university. He remained in this office until his death.
The physician and mathematician Johannes Magirus was his son.
Works (selection)
- Iudicium Sine Praeiudicio De Divinationibus Ac Praedictionibus Tum Antiquis, Tum Nostri Potissimum ... , Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main 1622.
- Polymnemon seu florilegium locorum communium ordinatum , 1629.
- Eponymologium criticum, he cognomentorum atque descriptionum variarum libellus , Frankfurt am Main 1644.
literature
- Johann Burkhard Menckenius : Compendiöses Scholars-Lexicon, including the scholars of all classes , Volume 2, Gleditsch, Leipzig 1733, Sp. 18.
- Rudolf Schwarze : Magirus, Tobias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 61.
Web links
- Works by and about Tobias Magirus in the German Digital Library
- Tobias Magirus in the digital portrait index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magirus, Johannes . In: Biobibliographisches Handbuch der Kalendermacher from 1550 to 1750 , available at presseforschung.uni-bremen.de (accessed on September 4, 2019).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Magirus, Tobias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German polyhistor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1586 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Angermünde |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1652 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt (Oder) |