Joachim Camerarius

Joachim Camerarius the Elder ( also: Joachim chamberlain; * April 12, 1500 in Bamberg, † April 17, 1574 in Leipzig ) was a German humanist, polymath and poet.

Life

The son of the episcopal Erbkämmerers and alderman John chamberlain first attended school in Bamberg and got from 1512 in Leipzig lessons with the humanist George Helt. He studied there at the same time at the University, where he was from 1516 with Peter Mosellanus the study of Greek was dedicated.

From 1518 he studied at the University of Erfurt, where he was introduced by Eobanus Hessus in the local circle of humanists, which includes among others Euricius Cordus and Mutianus Rufus belonged. 1521 sat Camerarius his studies at Wittenberg University and graduated there friendship with Philip Melanchthon. 1522 he was appointed professor of Zoology in which he. Using the " Naturalis Historia " and " institutions oratoria " Quintilian read In 1525 he became Professor of Greek Language and Literature and on Melanchthon's recommendation, he became in 1526 teacher of Greek and Latin at the newly founded Ägidiengymnasium in Nuremberg.

At the Diet of Augsburg in 1530 Camerarius made ​​a transcript of the there -picked Confutatio that he left Melanchthon, who wrote his apology after this postscript. 1532 appeared his Latin translation of Albrecht Dürer Underweysung the measurement under the title De Sym [m ] ETRIA partium in rectis formis hu [m ] anorum corporum 1535 his Latin translation of another work of Albrecht Dürer: Several under court to attach the Stett Schlosz and patch as De urbibus, arcibus, castellisque condendis ac muniendis, rationes aliquot at Wechel in Paris.

In 1535 he received a professorship at the University of Tübingen, where he materially participated in the reorganization of the university. From 1541 to his death in was Camerarius professor at the University of Leipzig.

Camerarius issued numerous works of ancient authors, such as Demosthenes, Aesop, Herodotus, Homer, Quintilian, Sophocles, Theocritus, Theophrastus, Xenophon and Thucydides. He also wrote numerous works, perhaps by Caesar and Cicero, comments.

In addition to these ancient writings, he also wrote works on the history, theology, pedagogy, mathematics and astronomy. In addition to his contributions to altphilologischen research, Camerarius has rendered outstanding for its educational achievements in science. Long before Comenius, he developed an educational system that has been proven time and again resorted to the Comenius in his Didactica Magna.

From his marriage with Anna Steward of Grunberg children are Anna (married with Esrom Rüdinger, † September 16, 1558 in Wittenberg), Magdalena ( born December 23, 1529 Nuremberg; married in 1558 in Leipzig with John Hommel ), Johannes (* July 29, 1531 in Nuremberg, † December 6, 1592 in Königsberg ), Martha ( born December 29, 1532 Nuremberg; † before February 17, 1558 ), Joachim, Philip, Ursula ( 1539-1604, married to Dr. Caspar Young Man ), Louis ( born June 25, 1542 in Leipzig, † June 14, 1582 in Carlsbad) and Gottfried ( * July 16, 1546 known in Leipzig).