Gotthard Arthus or Gotardus Artusius Dantiscanus (1568–1628) was a schoolmaster, historian and translator in early seventeenth-century Frankfurt.

Life

Gotthard Arthus was born in Danzig on 11 January 1568. In 1589 he matriculated at the

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, graduating

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in 1592.Ernst Kelchner
Arthusius, Gothard
''

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'', vol. 1 (1875), p. 613. Four years later a Johann Arthus matriculated who may have been a relation. In 1595 he was appointed to the city school in

Frankfurt on Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as o ...

, becoming deputy head in 1618. He died in Frankfurt on 15 February 1628. Among his publications is a continuation of Michael ab Isselt's ''

Mercurius Gallobelgicus The ''Mercurius Gallobelgicus'' was an early printed periodical, published semi-annually, and written in Latin. It first appeared in 1592 in Cologne, Germany, compiled by the Dutch Catholic refugee Michael ab Isselt, under the pseudonym "D. M. J ...

'', for the years 1603-1626, printed in Frankfurt and distinct from the Cologne continuation. He was also a translator from Dutch.

Works

* ''Historia Indiae orientalis'' (Frankfurt, 1600) * ''Historia chronologica Pannoniae'' (Frankfurt, 1608) * ''Cometa orientalis: kurtze Beschreibung desz newen Cometen'' (Frankfurt, 1619
available on Gallica.fr
– a discussion of the

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. * ''Commentariorum de rebus in Regno Antichristi memorabilibus'' (3 vols., Frankfurt, 1620) * ''Sleidanus redivivus'' (Frankfurt, 1618) – a continuation of

Johannes Sleidanus Johannes Sleidanus or Sleidan (1506 – 31 October 1556) was a Luxembourgeois historian and annalist of the Reformation. Life He was born at Schleiden, then part of the duchy of Luxembourg, an element of the Spanish Netherlands (not far from Aach ...

, ''Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae'' * ''Mercurius Gallobelgicus succenturiati'' (Frankfurt, 1603-1626)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Arthus, Gotthard 1568 births 1628 deaths Writers from Gdańsk Writers from Frankfurt 17th-century German educators 17th-century Latin-language writers German schoolteachers University of Jena alumni