Christian Wurstisen

Christian Wurstisen (Latin Christianus Urstisius; born December 23, 1544 Liestal, † March 29, 1588 in Basel) was a mathematician, theologian and historian from Basel.

Life

Christian Wurstisen was the son of Liestal wine merchant and alderman Pantaleon Walch called Wurstisen. From 1558 he studied at the University of Basel, first at the Faculty of Arts and Theology in 1562. 1563 he was a minister in Hüningen. 1564-1566 he worked as a parish assistant in Theodorskgemeinde in Klein Basel. Parallel to his work as a preacher Wurstisen pursued an academic career: 1564-1584 he was a professor of mathematics at the University of Basel, 1585-1586 Professor of Theology. 1577-1578 and 1583-1585, he held the post of rector. 1586 Wurstisen left the university and became a city clerk, a post which he held until the end of life. As librarian of the University put Wurstisen to the second catalog. As town clerk, he was concerned that systematically council meetings were held in Basel for the first time. At the same operation Wurstisen historical studies. In 1580 he published the Basel Chronicle, the first overall presentation of the history of Basel, which also - now partly lost - records and inscriptions are integrated. 1585 Wurstisen edited a collection of sources on medieval history of the Holy Roman Empire ( " Germaniae historicorum Illustrium "). As a scientist, he was among the early supporters of the heliocentric theory of Copernicus, whose De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium was printed in 1566 in Basel. Wurstisen probably Galileo Galilei first became acquainted with this work, although Galileo's acceptance of heliocentrism was often attributed to Michael Maestlin.

Wurstisens mathematical textbook Elementa arithmeticae was estimated by John Milton and the Hungarian philosopher Andreas Dudith.

His son Emanuel Wurstisen became a physician.

Works

• Bassler Chronick, Darin everything in Upper Teutsche lands, not only in the workshop and Bistumbe Basel, from its origin, ... bit into the gegenwirtige MDLXXX. Jar, gedenckwirdigs happened: but also the Eydtgnoschafft, Burgundy, Alsace and Breissgow ... described warhafftig: sampt many men managed and genders Wapen and Stambäumen, etc. ( A Missive Enee Sylvius ... darinn the Basel Instead described kurtzlich By C. Wurstisen ... vertolmetscht. . ) Sebastian Henric Petri, Basel 1580 ( 1765 edition: limited preview on Google Book Search ). (Reprint of the original edition: Geneva 1978)
• Elementa arithmeticae, logicis legibus deducta in usum Academiae Basiliensis. Opera et studio Christiani Urstisii. Sebastian Henric Petri, Basel 1579. ( 2nd edition, 1586, online).
• Germaniae historicorum Illustrium, quorum plerique from Henrico IIII usque ad annum Christi Imperatore, MDCCCC ... res Gestas memoriae consecrarunt, tomus unus [- pars altera ], Volume 1 Apud heredes Wecheli Andreae, 1585 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).
• Matthias of Neuenburg, Albert of Strasburg, John Cuspinian, Christian Wurstisen: Matthiae Neoburgensis Chronica, cum conti natione et Vita Berchtholdi de Buchegg: The chronicle of Matthew of Neuchâtel under the Berne and Strasbourg manuscript of the readings of the editions of Cuspinian and Urstisius, Stämpflische Buchdruckerei (G. Hünerwadel ), 1866 ( limited preview on Google Book Search ).