Wolfgang Meurer (doctor)
Wolfgang Meurer (born May 13, 1513 in Altenberg ; † February 6, 1585 in Leipzig ) was a Saxon pedagogue , meteorologist and doctor .
Life
Meurer studied philosophy and medicine at the University of Leipzig . He then became vice rector at the Thomas School in Leipzig and from 1535 to 1540 rector of the Nikolaischule . In 1549 he received his doctorate as Dr. med. and in 1571 became professor of medicine. From 1570 he worked as a city physician and councilor . He was also dean of the Leipzig Medical Faculty from 1571 to 1585 and proconsul from 1570 to 1574.
The legal scholar Philipp Meurer , who went from Leipzig to Hamburg at an early age, was his son.
Works (selection)
- De recta medendi ratione disputatio , Leipzig 1549.
literature
- Wilhelm Hess : Meurer, Wolfgang . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 538.
Remarks
- ↑ The place of birth Altenburg can be found in some publications . In the Vitae Germanorum medicorum by Melchior Adam , however, one clearly speaks of a Wolfgangus Meurerus Aldenbergae .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meurer, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1513 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenberg (Ore Mountains) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 6, 1585 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |