Michael Neander
Michael Neander (also: Neumann, born April 3, 1529 Joachimsthal, † October 23, 1581 in Jena ) was a German mathematician, scholar and physician.
Life
Neander attended the Latin school in his native town, where John Mathesius had taken over the supervision of the school as pastor of the church, and had left at the door so important personalities such as Kaspar Eberhard, Johann Nikolaus Herman Praetorius or their tracks. On May 12, 1547, he entered his name in the matriculation of the University of Wittenberg; at that time he experienced the Smalcald War, which led to a nearly complete halt for training operations at Wittenberg University. After the capitulation of Wittenberg but returned under Philip Melanchthon's leadership, a large part of the teaching staff back to Wittenberg back, so that the college was revived again.
At that time taught there Veit Winsheim the Greek language and literature, Theodor Fabricius the Hebrew language, lower mathematics was taught by John Aurifaber ( Vratislaviensis ) and the higher mathematics of Erasmus Reinhold. Under Reinholds deanery he had on October 6, 1549 obtained the baccalaureate and the Dean of Paul Eber on August 14, 1550 the degree of Master of Philosophy. After he was rezipiert on October 18, 1551 the Senate of the faculty of philosophy, he went to the High School in Jena, where he was professor of mathematics and Greek languages has been transferred.
In Jena he studied in addition to his teaching duties Medicine, was then with the founding of the University of Jena is also a professor of mathematics and Greek Chair and a doctorate in one of the first newly established at the on August 22, 1558 University of Jena, with a defense of " De thermistor " on the warm baths, a doctor of medicine. In 1560 he became a professor at the medical school, which he remained until his death. Neander had also taken over organizational duties at Jena University and was in the winter semesters of 1560, 1566 and in the summer semester 1576 rector of the Alma Mater. Neander had acquired primarily on the mathematical field of astrology merits. Therefore, according to him the Neander crater is named on the moon.
He was married to Catherine, daughter of the Office Schössers in Wachsenburggemeinde and Ichterhausen Paul Mühlpfort. From this marriage are the daughters Euphrosina Neander ( born March 12, 1576 Jena, . † January 26, 1628 ibid, married April 27, 1607 with Prof. rights in Jena Virgilius Pingitzer ( 1541-1619 ) ) and Katharina (* September 1558 in Jena, . † January 25, 1596 in Eisleben, married November 25, 1577 with Mag Melchior Herlitz ) known.
Selections
- Σύνοις mensurarum et ponderum, ponderationisque mensurahilium secundum Romanos, Athenienses ... Accesserunt etiam quae apud Galenum hactenus extabant de ponderum mensurarum et ratione. Basel 1555
- Syllogen Physicam rerum eruditarum ad vitam omnem utilium. 2 parts Leipzig 1585
- Methodorum in omni genere artium brevis et succincta νφῆγῆσιτ. Basel, 1556
- Gnomologia graecolatina, hoc est ... sentential ... ex magna atuhologio Joannis Stobaei excerptae ... Acccssit practerea " Oveipos vel " Aλєĸτανων id est somnium vel Gallus, dialogus Luciani ... Grace et latinc. Basel, 1557
- Elementa sphaericae doctrinae seu primo de motu: in usum studiosae iuventutis methodice et perspicue conscripta e Michaele Neandro ex valle Joachimica. Accessit praecipua cotnputi astronomici materia, ubi temporis pleraeque differentiae explicantur. Basel 1561