Johann Major (2 January 1533 – 6 March 1600) was a German Protestant theologian, humanist and poet.

Life

Major was born in Sankt Joachimsthal in the

Kingdom of Bohemia The Kingdom of Bohemia ( cs, České království),; la, link=no, Regnum Bohemiae sometimes in English literature referred to as the Czech Kingdom, was a medieval and early modern monarchy in Central Europe, the predecessor of the modern Czec ...

. He matriculated in 1549 at the

University of Wittenberg Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg (german: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg), also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg and the largest and oldest university in ...

, and died in

Zerbst Zerbst () is a town in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Until an administrative reform in 2007, Zerbst was the capital of the former Anhalt-Zerbst district. Geography Zerbst is situated in the Anhalt-Wittenberg regi ...

Bibliography

* Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: ''Allgemeines Gelehrtenlexikon''. Band 3, 1751, Sp. 56 * Heinz Kathe: ''Die Wittenberger Philosophische Fakultät 1501–1817''. Böhlau, Köln 2002, * Walter Friedensburg: ''Geschichte der Universität Wittenberg''. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917 * Irene Dingel, Günther Wartenberg: ''Die Theologische Fakultät Wittenberg 1502 bis 1602''. Leipzig 2002, * Ulrike Ludwig: ''Die ehemalige Canzley und Probstey in Wittenberg''. Herausgegeben vom Gesundheits- und Tagungszentrum, Wittenberg 2005 * G. Frank: ''Johann Major der Wittenberger Poet''. 1863 * Fritz Roth: ''Restlose Auswertungen von Leichenpredigten und Personalschriften für genealogische und kulturhistorische Zwecke''. Band 5, R 4479 * * * Rudolf Wolkan: ''Böhmens Antheil an der deutschen Litteratur des XVI. Jahrhunderts.'' K.u.K. Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase, Prag 1894, S. 136 1533 births 1600 deaths People from Jáchymov German Bohemian people People from the Kingdom of Bohemia 16th-century German Protestant theologians Philippists German male non-fiction writers German poets German male poets 16th-century German male writers {{Germany-poet-stub