Matthias Bernegger

Matthias Egger Bern ( born February 8, 1582 Hallstatt in the Salzkammergut, † February 5, 1640 in Strasbourg ) was a German philologist, university teachers and Latin author.

Life

Bern Egger came from a family displaced by the Counter-Reformation, the, first settled down like so many of the so-called " exiles " in Regensburg, where he attended high school until the age of seventeen he enrolled in 1599 in Strasbourg. Scientific curiosity drove him to studies in many fields, especially in philology and the natural sciences. Astronomy fascinated him especially. He translated several works by Galileo Galilei and corresponded for years with Johannes Kepler and William Schickard.

Politically interested, he turned out to be a pacifist personally against the run of Caspar Schoppe warmongering and simultaneously tried to act as intermediaries in relation to France. From 1607 he taught as his colleague Caspar Brülow first for a while at the Protestant grammar school until his appointment in 1613 at the Strasbourg Academy (since 1621 University ), from 1626 as a professor of rhetoric. He was widely known by his editions of the classics, especially Tacitus, and his extensive correspondence. For the large circle of his students were Daniel Czepko, John Freinsheim, Johann Michael Moscherosch, Martin Opitz and Robert Roberthin.

Works (selection)

  • Manuals Mathematicum ... Allen Construction VND VND war wise ... other art lovers in Teutscher language. Strasbourg 1612
  • Tuba Pacis, occenta Scioppiano Belli Sacri Classico. Strasbourg in 1621 ( against Caspar Schoppe's warmongering )
  • ( Übs ) Systema cosmicum, authore Galilaeo Galilei. Strasbourg 1635

Correspondence

  • Hugonis Grotii & Matthiae Berneggeri Epistolae. Strasbourg 1667 passim
  • Epistolae Keppleri J. & M. Berneggeri. Strasbourg 1672
  • Epistolae Schickarti W. & M. Berneggeri. Strasbourg 1673
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