Tag: 1700-1749

Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais

Adamantios Korais (Greek: Αδαμάντιος Κοραής – Adamántios Koraís, also Koraés; April 27, 1748 in Smyrna, Asia Minor, Ottoman Empire – April 6, 1833 in Paris) was a Greek scholar and writer. Korais is considered a reformer of Greek literature. Korais was born in Smyrna, but his father came from the island of Chios, and Korais felt a strong connection to the island. Korais graduated from the Evangelical School of Smyrna and spent most of his life not in Greece, but Read more [...]
Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer

Franz Anton Mesmer (/ˈmɛzmər/ MEZ-mər;[1] German: [ˈmɛsmɐ]; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and inanimate objects; this he called "animal magnetism", later referred to as mesmerism. Mesmer's theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the 19th century.[2] In Read more [...]
CD Die Dorfdeputierten | Music by Schubaur

CD Die Dorfdeputierten | Music by Schubaur

CD Die Dorfdeputierten | Musik von Schubaur Die Dorfdeputierten - Singspiel - 1783 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Lukas_Schubaur Johann Lukas Schubaur (* 23. Dezember 1749 in Lechfeld; † 15. November 1815 in München) war ein bayerischer Komponist und Medizinalrat in München. Er war Arzt und wurde daneben zu einem erfolgreichen Vertreter des dt. Singspiels der Zeit. In München ist die Schubaurstraße im Read more [...]
Johann Lukas Schubaur

Johann Lukas Schubaur

cover "Die Dorfdeputierten" Johann Lukas[1] Schubaur[2] (* 23. Dezember 1749 in Lechfeld; † 15. November 1815 in München) was a bavarian composer and medical doctor in Munich. In Munich, Schubaurstrasse in the Obermenzing district is named after him.[3] Music holds a high value for many physicians as an expression of a cultural way of life. Anyone with some insight will also know how many physicians, as music lovers, spend their free Read more [...]
Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 1708 – 12 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."[1][2] His botanic abbreviation is "Haller", also used as "Hall." AS author his monumental work is Die Alpen. In "Die Alpen" are notes pointing out some plants of his Read more [...]