Melchior Adam
Encyclopedia
Melchior Adam was a German
literature
historian
.
Adam was born in Grottkau, Silesia
(present-day Grodków
, Opole Voivodeship
). He visited the college in Brieg Brzeg
, then studied on various academies with financial support of his benefactor Joachim von Berg. He was called in 1601 to teach as magister at the municipal school of Heidelberg
, and later became co-rector and professor at the same institution.
and Heidelberg
in five volumes: German Philosophers (incl. philologists, poets, mathematicians and physicists), German Theologians, Foreign Theologians, Jurists and Politicians and Medics. The discussed German (with the exception of vol. three) personalities were sorted chronologically by the date of their death - these dates lie mostly between 1420 and 1620. His sources were biographic texts, personal records, funeral orations, letters and various academic records.
His Vitae Germanorum philosophorum (Lives of German philosophers) of 1615 contains one of the earliest Nicolaus Copernicus
biographies.
It is mentioned that he discussed the Lutheran theologians in a deprecative manner, as he himself was Calvinist.
Germany
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literature
Literature
Literature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
historian
Historian
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.
Adam was born in Grottkau, Silesia
Silesia
Silesia is a historical region of Central Europe located mostly in Poland, with smaller parts also in the Czech Republic, and Germany.Silesia is rich in mineral and natural resources, and includes several important industrial areas. Silesia's largest city and historical capital is Wrocław...
(present-day Grodków
Grodków
Grodków is a town in Opole Voivodeship in Poland. It has 8,709 inhabitants and lies 20 km south of Brzeg.Grodków was granted city rights in 1268 by Duke Henryk IV Probus. The medieval city plan was characterized by a rectangular marketplace and four streets leading to the towers of the city...
, Opole Voivodeship
Opole Voivodeship
- Administrative division :Opole Voivodeship is divided into 12 counties : 1 city county and 11 land counties. These are further divided into 71 gminas.The counties are listed in the following table .- Economy :...
). He visited the college in Brieg Brzeg
Brzeg
Brzeg is a town in southwestern Poland with 38,496 inhabitants , situated in Silesia in the Opole Voivodeship on the left bank of the Oder...
, then studied on various academies with financial support of his benefactor Joachim von Berg. He was called in 1601 to teach as magister at the municipal school of Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, and later became co-rector and professor at the same institution.
Publications
His major achievement consisted of various literary historian biographies, which have been printed in StuttgartStuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
and Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
in five volumes: German Philosophers (incl. philologists, poets, mathematicians and physicists), German Theologians, Foreign Theologians, Jurists and Politicians and Medics. The discussed German (with the exception of vol. three) personalities were sorted chronologically by the date of their death - these dates lie mostly between 1420 and 1620. His sources were biographic texts, personal records, funeral orations, letters and various academic records.
His Vitae Germanorum philosophorum (Lives of German philosophers) of 1615 contains one of the earliest Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus
Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance astronomer and the first person to formulate a comprehensive heliocentric cosmology which displaced the Earth from the center of the universe....
biographies.
It is mentioned that he discussed the Lutheran theologians in a deprecative manner, as he himself was Calvinist.
Works
- Vitae Germanorum jureconsultorum et politicorum, qui superiore seculo, et quod excurrit, floruerunt Heidelberg 1611.
- Vitae Germanorum philosophorum … Frankfurt 1610 - Heidelberg 1615
- Decades duae continentes vitas theologorum exterorum principium. Frankfurt am Main 1618.
- Vitae Germanorum medicorum Heidelberg 1620
- Vitae Germanorum theologorum … Heidelberg 1620
- Vitae Germanorum iureconsultorum et politicorum Heidelberg 1620
- Apographum Monumentorum Haidelbergensium. Heidelberg 1612
- Disce mori oder Sterbekunst. Neustadt a. d. H. 1615
- Parodiae et metaphrases Horatianae. 1616
External links
- Melchior Adam: Vitae online edition in the project Camena