Wigand Orth
Wigand Orth (* 1537 in Wetter (Hesse) ; † April 28, 1566 in Goßfelden ) was a German Protestant theologian .
Life
Wigand Orth came from an old Hessian patrician family and studied ancient languages and theology at the University of Marburg from 1552 . After a short stay in his hometown, where he dealt with ethics and physics under the direction of the later Marburg pedagogue Justus Vultejus , he went to Strasbourg to continue his theological studies under Girolamo Zanchi and Peter Martyr Vermigli . In 1558 he received his master's degree in philosophy and in 1559 he became tutor of Christoph, the grandson of Landgrave Philipp I (Hesse) . In 1560 he received the professorship for Hebrew language at the University of Marburg and in the following year the doctorate in theology. In 1564 he became Ephorus for the Hessian Scholarship Institute and obtained a doctorate in theology at the University of Marburg.
Wigand Orth died on April 28, 1566 at the age of 29 of the plague in his father's house.
literature
- Adolf Link: Orth, Wigand . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 442 f.
- Ernst Orth: Contributions to the history of the Orth family. Braunschweig 1914, p. 17
- see also "Orth, Wigand". Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orth, Wigand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Protestant theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1537 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weather (Hessen) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 28, 1566 |
| Place of death | Goßfelden |