Wigand Kahler

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Wigand Kahler

Wigand Kahler (born March 27, 1699 in Wollmar ; † November 14, 1747 in Rinteln ) was a German Protestant theologian and mathematician.

Life

Wigand was the son of the judge Johann Hermann Kahler (* 1651 in Wollmar; † March 21, 1719 ibid) and his wife Catharina Antonius (* Wollmar; † November 22, 1712 ibid). After initial basic training in his place of birth, he was trained in Battenberg for two years. On May 5, 1713 he moved to the pedagogy of the University of Giessen , where he studied the philosophical sciences and theology. On October 25, 1716 he moved to the University of Rinteln , where he continued his philosophical and theological training. After he had practiced preaching in Exter, Wollmar, Münchhausen and on the Christenberge, in 1721 he got a job as vice-principal of the council school in Rinteln.

After numerous efforts, he became rector of the educational institution on January 21, 1727. In addition, on April 6, 1727, he received a professorship in logic, metaphysics and poetry at the University of Rinteln. In 1730 he resigned these tasks and on January 28, 1730 became second professor of theology and mathematics at the Rinteln University. On April 12, 1731, he obtained a licentiate in theology in Rinteln, took on the professorship of poetry again on January 2, 1732 and received an honorary doctorate in theology from the University of Göttingen on September 17, 1745 . He also became a member of the German Society in Göttingen .

family

Kahler married on July 11, 1723 with Dorothea Elisabeth Koch (born September 6, 1701 in Rinteln, † February 21, 1778 in Grove), the daughter of the Rinteln merchant and councilor Conrad Philipp Koch and his wife Margarethe Kiel. The marriage resulted in twelve children:

  • Anna Dorothea Kahler (born June 13, 1724 in Rinteln; † May 20, 1733 ibid)
  • Johann Philipp Kahler (born June 9, 1726 in Rinteln; † October 13, 1792 in Grove) Mag. Phil., Rector Council School Rinteln, 1754 pastor Grove-Rodenberg, ⚭ January 20, 1757 Anna Louise Breisner (born August 3, 1736 in Oldendorf; † July 4, 1814 in Sachsenhagen), daughter of the businessman Johann Wilhelm Beisner and his wife Anna Sophie Regine Floto
  • Friedrich Christian Kahler (born November 27, 1727 in Rinteln; † June 7, 1733 ibid)
  • Johann Engelhard Kahler (born October 10, 1729 in Rinteln; † July 12, 1804 ibid) Dr., Prof. theol. and Superintendent Rinteln, ⚭ November 4, 1761 Friederike Eleonore Reuter (* December 1740 in Lübbecke; † in Rinteln)
  • Christine Kahler (born December 3, 1730 in Rinteln; † March 20, 1733 ibid)
  • NN. Kahler (* & † 1733; stillborn)
  • NN. Kahler (* & † 1734; stillborn)
  • Gottlieb Kahler (born July 10, 1735 in Rinteln; † September 5, 1735 there)
  • Christine Charlotte Kahler (* July 24, 1736 in Rinteln; † 1736 there)
  • Gottwerth Kahler (* September 5, 1737 in Rinteln; † August 15, 1814 in Fuhlen) Pastor Fuhlen, ⚭ May 5, 1768 Catharina Dorothea Margarethe Blauel (* August 24, 1750 in Hanover; † August 26, 1814 in Fuhlen)
  • Dorothea Wilhelmine Kahler (born August 6, 1741 in Rinteln, † February 15, 1777 ibid) m. Boedeker
  • Conrad Christian Kahler (born June 30, 1743 in Rinteln; † January 31, 1745 ibid)

Works (selection)

  • Statura prior sistens nonnulla verae trajectionis textus biblici exempla, ex IV. Evangelistis et Actis Apostolorum collecta, quae ordini suo atque constructioni reddere naturali, planumque, quoad ejus fieri potuit, sensum eruere conatus est. Rinteln 1725
  • Satura duplex de veris et fictis textus sacri trajectionibus ex IV Evangelistis et Actis Apost. collecta, quarum prior auctior multo prodit secunda vice, altera vero de fictis sive spuriis trajectionibus haud ita pridem promissa nunc accessit. Lemgo 1728
  • Diss. De foederibus, great. Rinteln 1731
  • Progr. De scylla et charybdi philosophia. Rinteln 1727
  • Diss. Philol. Eruensœ verum Paulini oraculi sensum de apokaradoxiai tēs ktiseōs ad Rome. VIII, 19. Rinteln 1729 (Resp.Johann Conrad Koch, online )
  • Diss. Inaug. de idololatria devotis nonnunquam precibus innocue adjuncta. Rinteln1731 (present Johann Engelhard Steuber, online )
  • Progr. De caussis entusiasmi poetici. Rinteln 1732
  • Dav. Derodon's refuted atheism. Lemgo 1733 ( online )
  • Joh. Coleri Truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, defended against B. de Spinoza and his followers, together with an exact description of Spinoza's life, from the Dutch. Original and the French. Translation translated into German; with notes. Lemgo 1734 ( online )
  • Luctus Academiae Hasso - Schauenburgicae quo - ex hac vita discessum prosequebatur - Joh. Frid. de Stain. Consil status intimi hatred. Rinteln 1735
  • Planctus Academiae Hasso - Schauenb. quo funus Jac. Frider. LB de Kettler - hatred. Consil. intimi - prosequebatur. Rinteln 1736
  • Alciphron, ou le petit Philosophe, the protective script for the truth of the Christian religion, against the so-called strong spirits from the French. Germanized; with a preface: can the mathematical type of teaching be introduced into theology with advantage? Lemgo 1737
  • Exerc. philos. de innocentia Dei circa lapsum primorum parentum. Rinteln 1737 (Resp. Jo. Christi. Tegetmeier (Rodenburg, Online ))
  • Elegi Academiae Hasso- Schaumburgicae quibus Ulricae Eleonorae, Suecorum etc. Reginae beatissima morte deponenti supremum honorem testatur. Rinteln 1742
  • Progr. Prolvsione de eo quod nimium et parum est circa parallelismum cum veteris ecclesiae haereticis instituendum. Rinteln 1744 ( online )
  • Vita D. Euricii Cordi Simeshusii Hassi: artis salutaris dum viveret cum filio Valerio, reformatoris strictui et poetae prorsus eximii. Rinteln 1744 ( online )
  • Program anne viros decaet sacros coluisse poesin? Rinteln 1747

literature

  • Magnus Crusius : Ordinis Theologici In Academia Georgia Avgvsta ht Decanvs Magnvs Crvsivs SS. Theol. D. ... Solemnia Inavgvralia Virorvm Svmme Et Maxime Reverendorvm Dn. Wigandi Kahleri ​​S. Theol. Licentiati, ... et Dn. M. Christiani Kortholti S. Theol. ... Ipso Natali Universitatis Nono ... Celebranda Indicit, Simvlqve de Georgii Amervzae Philosophi Dialogo de Fide in Christum cum Rege Turcarum nonnulla praefatur. Vandenhoeck, Göttingen 1745, p. 19 ( online )
  • Elias Friedrich Schmersahl : Reliable news from recently deceased scholars. Joachim Andreas Deez, Celle, 1748, vol. 1, p. 113 ( online )
  • Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General Scholar Lexicon, Darinne the scholars of all classes, both male and female, who lived from the beginning of the world to the present day, and made themselves known to the learned world, After their birth, life, remarkable stories, Withdrawals and writings from the most credible scribes are described in alphabetical order. Publisher Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig. 1750, vol. 2, col. 2045 ( online )
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Strieder : Basis for a Hessian scholar and writer story. From the Reformation to the present day. Cramer, Kassel, 1786, vol. 6, p. 470 ( online )
  • Johann Christoph Adelung , Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Continuations and additions to Christian Gottlieb Jöcher's general lexico of scholars, in which the writers of all classes are described according to their most distinguished living conditions and writings. Georg Jöntzen, Delmenhorst, 1810, Vol. 3, Sp. 34–36 ( online )
  • Bernhard Koerner: German gender book. Genealogical handbook of civil families. CA Starke, Görlitz, 1916, vol. 29, p. 173 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Kahler, Wigand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lutheran theologian and mathematician
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1699
PLACE OF BIRTH Wollmar
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 1747
Place of death Rinteln