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John Rulice
Johannes Rulicius (1602–1666) was a German Protestant minister. Life He was born in Kirchberg, Rhein-Hunsrück, Kirchberg in the Electorate of the Palatinate. Leaving Germany, he spent time in England, at Boston, Lincolnshire with John Cotton (Puritan), John Cotton, by 1628. He was subsequently a minister at Dorchester, Dorset, Dorchester in England from some point before 1630; he is said to have arrived there in 1626 and become a curate to John White (colonist priest), John White in 1627. Rulicius had left Germany to avoid the Thirty Years' War and was active as a Protestant fundraiser. He left Dorchester, in 1631, to attend Elizabeth of Bohemia. He continued to be involved in the collection of money for refugees. At Heidelberg in 1635, Rulicius was a pastor of the English Reformed Church, Amsterdam in 1636, acting as assistant to John Paget (priest), John Paget; and remaining to 1639, or leaving in 1637. He was briefly considered by the "conformist" faction for a post to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Balmford
Samuel Balmford or Bamford (died 1657) was an English Puritan minister. Life He was admitted to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1612, graduating B.A. in 1616 and M.A. in 1619. From the 1620s onwards he was a radical minister in the Netherlands, initially under the protection of Sir Horace Vere Horace Vere, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury (1565 – 2 May 1635) (also ''Horatio Vere'' or ''Horatio de Vere'') was an English military leader during the Eighty Years' War and the Thirty Years' War, a brother of Francis Vere. He was sent to the P ... and his wife Lady Mary, in conflict with other English influences there. He became rector of St Alban's, Wood Street in London, in 1652. Works He was the author of two sermons published in 1659, after his death, ''Habakkuk's Prayer applyed to the Churches present occasions'', on Hab. iii. 2; and ''Christ's Counsel to the Church of Philadelphia, on Rev. iii. 11, preached before the Provincial Assembly at London. By that late reverend and faithf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1602 Births
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Theodore Haak
Theodore Haak (1605 in – 1690 in London) was a German Calvinist scholar, resident in England in later life. Haak's communications abilities and interests in the new science provided the backdrop for convening the "1645 Group", a precursor of the Royal Society. Although not himself known as a natural philosopher, Haak's engagement with others facilitated the expansion and diffusion of the “new science” throughout Europe. Haak's language skills were used in translation and interpretation and his personal correspondence with the natural philosophers and theologians of the day, including Marin Mersenne and Johann Amos Comenius; he facilitated introductions and further collaborations. Beginning in 1645 he worked as a translator on the ''Dutch Annotations Upon the Whole Bible'' (1657). Haak began the first German translation of John Milton's ''Paradise Lost'' until the beginning of Book IV (not published). Early life and background Haak was born on 25 July 1605 in in German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Granger
James Granger (1723–1776) was an English clergyman, biographer, and print collector. He is now known as the author of the ''Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution'' (1769). Granger was an early advocate of animal rights.Perkins, David. (2003). ''Romanticism and Animal Rights''. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. Life The son of William Granger, by Elizabeth Tutt, daughter of Tracy Tutt, he was born of poor parents at Shaftesbury, Dorset. On 26 April 1743 he matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, but left the university without taking a degree. Having entered into holy orders, he was presented to the vicarage of Shiplake, Oxfordshire, living a quiet life there. His political views gave rise to Samuel Johnson's remark: ‘The dog is a whig. I do not like much to see a whig in any dress, but I hate to see a whig in a parson's gown.’ Preparation of the materials for his ''Biographical History'' brought him into correspondence with many collecto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Streithagen
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Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld
Johann Heinrich Bisterfeld (1605 – 16 February 1655) was a German philosopher, logician and encyclopedic writer from Siegen. A follower of Ramus Ramus can refer to: * A branch (botany) * A portion of a bone (from Latin ''ramus'', "branch"), as in the Ramus of the mandible or Superior pubic ramus * A nerve ramus such as the Dorsal ramus of spinal nerve * A taxonomic rank ("branch" in English ... and pupil of Johann Heinrich Alsted at the Herborn Academy (''Academia Nassauensis''), Bisterfeld became head of the academy in Weissenburg ( Alba Iulia) in Transylvania, where he died. Works * ''Philosophiae primae seminarium'', 1652 ( second edition: Lugduni Batavorum, 1657). * ''Elementorum logicorum libri tres'', Lugduni Batavorum, 1657. * ''Bisterfeldius redivivus'', Hagae-Comitum, 1661, appeared posthumously in two volumes, the first being ''Alphabeti philosophici libri tres'', on universal language and the second ''Logica disputandi''; this work is considered an influence on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurence De Geer
Laurence is an English and French given name (usually female in French and usually male in English). The English masculine name is a variant of Lawrence and it originates from a French form of the Latin ''Laurentius'', a name meaning "man from Laurentum". The French feminine name Laurence is a form of the masculine ''Laurent'', which is derived from the Latin name. Given name * Laurence Broze (born 1960), Belgian applied mathematician, statistician, and economist * Laurence des Cars, French curator and art historian * Laurence Neil Creme, known professionally as Lol Creme, British musician * Laurence Ekperigin (born 1988), British-American basketball player in the Israeli National League * Laurence Equilbey, French conductor * Laurence Fishburne, American actor * Laurence Fournier Beaudry, Canadian ice dancer * Laurence Fox, British actor * Laurence Gayte (born 1965), French politician * Laurence S. Geller, British-born, US-based real estate investor. * Laurence Ginnell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leszno
Leszno (german: Lissa, 1800–1918 ''Lissa in Posen'') is a historic city in western Poland, within the Greater Poland Voivodeship. It is the seventh-largest city in the province with an estimated population of 62,200, as of 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Leszno Voivodeship (1975–1998) and is now the seat of Leszno County. History Early history The city's unrecorded history dates to the 13th century. It was first mentioned in historical documents in 1393, when the estate was the property of a noble named Stefan Karnin- Wieniawa. The family eventually adopted the name Leszczyński (literal meaning "of Leszno"), derived from the name of their estate, as was the custom among the Polish nobility. 16th–18th centuries In around 1516, a community of Protestants known as the Unity of the Brethren (''Unitas fratrum'') were expelled from the Bohemian lands by King Vladislaus II and settled in Leszno. They were invited by the Leszczyński family, imperial counts since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis De Geer (1587–1652)
Louis De Geer (17 November 1587 – 19 June 1652) was a Walloon-Swedish entrepreneur, banker, industrialist and slave trader, who was part of the prominent De Geer family. A pioneer of foreign direct investment in the early modern period, De Geer is considered to be both the father of Swedish industry for introducing Walloon blast furnaces to Sweden and the father of the Swedish slave trade for pioneering Sweden's involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Furnaces owned by De Geer produced cannons for German Protestants and the Dutch navy and the Dutch East and West India companies. Early life De Geer was born in Liège, a city in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège. He was the son of the industrialist and merchant Louis de Geer de Gaillarmont (1535–1602), and his wife Jeanne de Neille (1557–1641). His family was of Walloon origin and his father came from Liège. His father had previously been married to Maria de Jalhéa in 1563, though the marriage ended when Maria died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gottfried Hotton
Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) and ('peace, protection'). The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as ''Götz'' from the late medieval period. ''Götz'' and variants (including '' Göthe, Göthke'' and ''Göpfert'') also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well. Given name The given name ''Gottfried'' became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in ''God-'' (such as ''Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Goduin, Gotrat, Godulf'', etc.) The name was Latinised as ''Godefridus''. Medieval bearers of the name include: *Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia and Raetia (d. 709) *Godefrid (d. c. 720), son of Drogo of Champagne, Frankish nobleman. * Godfrid Hara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comenius
John Amos Comenius (; cs, Jan Amos Komenský; pl, Jan Amos Komeński; german: Johann Amos Comenius; Latinized: ''Ioannes Amos Comenius''; 28 March 1592 – 15 November 1670) was a Czech philosopher, pedagogue and theologian who is considered the father of modern education. He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education, a concept eventually set forth in his book ''Didactica Magna''. As an educator and theologian, he led schools and advised governments across Protestant Europe through the middle of the seventeenth century. Comenius introduced a number of educational concepts and innovations including pictorial textbooks written in native languages instead of Latin, teaching based in gradual development from simple to more comprehensive concepts, lifelong learning with a focus on logical thinking over dull memorization, equal opportunity for impoverished children, education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
