Matthäus Dresser Explained

Matthäus Dresser
Birth Date:24 August 1536
Birth Place:Erfurt, Saxony, Germany
Death Date:18 November 1559
Death Place:Magdeburg, Thuringia, Germany
Occupation:Professor
Spouse:Juliana Sarcerius, Maria Cordes

Matthäus Dresser, (also: Matteaus, Matthaei; Dressler, Drescher, Dresserus, Dresseri) (24 August 1536 in Erfurt – 5 October 1607 in Leipzig)[1] was a Lutheran German humanist, pedagogue, philosopher, and historian.

Education and career

Dresser attended school in Erfurt and Eisleben, and later studied at the University or Erfurt, where he attended lectures by Martin Seidemann.[2] In Erfurt, records of Dresser go back to 1559, where he earned a Masters of Philosophy. In 1560, he learned Biblical Hebrew during his university studies. When the began construction in 1561, Dresser participated in the founding of the University, where he became a professor of Greek Literature.[3] Dressner aspired to attend the University of Wittenberg, but was unable to do so due to illness at the time.

In 1575, Dresser became the rector of the Electoral Provincial School of St. Afra school in Meissen. After six years of tenure, he became a professor of Greco-Roman liturgy and history at the University of Leipzig. There, he was appointed dean of the philosophy school, and was the rector of alma mater in 1599. Dresser translated several works of Latin into German, such as Prophyry's Isagoge. He later became the electoral historiographer of Saxony.[4] [5] [6]

Personal life

Dresser was married twice in his life. His first marriage was to Juliana Sarcerius, daughter of Lutheran theologian and disciple Erasmus Sarcerius. He was, by that relation, brother in law to Zacharias Praetorius. After the death of Juliana, Dresser married Maria Cordes, the daughter of the prepositus at Leipzig University, M. Henricus Cordes. He did not produce progeny in either marriage. Dresser died of Malaria on October 7, 1607, and was buried at the Paulinerkirche.[7]

Selected bibliography

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References

  1. Book: Haydn, Joseph . Specimen Pages, Prospectus, & Opinions of Haydn's Dictionary of Dates: Comprehending Remarkable Occurrences, Ancient and Modern, the Foundation, Laws, and Governments of Countries; Their Progress in Arts, Science and Literature, Their Achievements in Arms; and Their Civil, Military, Religious and Philanthropic Institutions, and Particularly of the British Empire . E. Moxon . 1868 . London . 138 . en.
  2. Neues allgemeines Intelligenzblatt für Literatur und Kunst. Leipzig 1808, Sp. 533 .
  3. Book: Müller, Johann August . Versuch einer vollständigern Geschichte der Chursächsischen Fürsten und Landschule zu Meissen Aus Urkunden und glaubwürdigen Nachrichten . Crusius . 1789 . Leipzig . 61 . de.
  4. Web site: Blättern im Zedler-Lexikon Bd. 7, Seite 742 . 2023-02-24 . www.zedler-lexikon.de.
  5. Book: Jöcher, Christian Gottlieb . Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexicon ... . in Johann Friedrich Gleditschens Buchhandlung . 1750 . 218 . de.
  6. Book: Ersch, Johann Samuel . Allgemeine encyclopädie der wissenschaften und künste in alphabetischer folge von genannten schrifts bearbeitet und herausgegeben von J. S. Ersch und J. G. Gruber .. . Leipzig, J. f. Gleditsch . 1818 . Leipzig . 243–244 . de.
  7. Book: Beste, Wilhelm . Die bedeutendsten Kanzelredner: der älteren lutherschen Kirche von Luther bis zu Spener : in Biographieen und einer Auswahl ihrer Predigten . G. Mayer . 1856 . Leipzig . 375–376 . de.
  8. Book: Dresser, Matthaeus . Gymnasmatum litteraturae graecae libri tres, orationum, epistolarum et poematum ex autoribus profanis et sacris (etc.) . 1574 . Andreas Schneider . la.
  9. Book: Dresser, Matthaeus . De Disciplina nova et veteri tam domestica quam scholastica . 1577 . Ex Officina Oporiniana . la.
  10. Book: Dresser, Matthaus . Elocutionis rhetoricae doctrina, praeceptis et exemplis, cum sacris, tum philosophicis, exposita et locupletata: ut ad intelligendum et formandum orationem conducat. Authore Matthaeo Dressero. -_Lipsiae, 1530 (Imprimebat Ioannes Steinman) . 1580 . la.
  11. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Oratio de dialectica Philippi Melanchthonis ¬Matthaei ¬Dresseri ex ludo VIIvirali ad Albim . 1580 . Vögelin . Bavarian State Library . English.
  12. Book: Dresser, Matthaeus . Oratio de IV monarchiis sive summis imperiis a Daniele propheta expressis . 1581 . Joh. Beyer . la.
  13. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Matthaei Dresseri De Festis Diebvs Christianorvm, Ivdaeorvm, Et Ethnicorum Liber Quo origo, caussa, ritus& vsus earum exponitur . 1597 . Apelius . unknown library . German.
  14. Book: Dresser, Matthaeus . Querela de Pontificiis insidiis per Germaniam: item: Carmen de Laniena Antverpiae tentata . 1584 . la.
  15. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De politica dignitate & potestate Germanorum Particula . 1602 . Lantzenberger . unknown library . Russian.
  16. Book: Dresser, Matthaeus . Orationes Matthaei Dresseri: Tam Rerum Varietate Et copia quam sermonis puritate & elegantia commendatae . 1587 . la.
  17. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De Statv Ecclesiae Et Religionis In Regno Persico . 1589 . Jakob Apel, d.J. . Bavarian State Library (Staatliche Bibliothek Regensburg) . Russian.
  18. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Mathaei Dresseri Confutatio commenticiae opinionis Roberti Bellarmini e Soc. Jesu de translatione imperii Romani . 1592 . unknown library . English.
  19. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De Christiano inclyto et magnanimo duce electore Saxoniae oratio funebris . 1592 . Lantzenberger . unknown library . Latin.
  20. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De vita et morte D. Pauli Lutheri Medici Oratio . 1593 . Lantzenberger . Bavarian State Library . Latin.
  21. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Ad Rudolphum II. Imperatorem Rom. ... gratulatio de victa et recuperata Alba Regali . 1602 . Apelius . unknown library . Latin.
  22. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De bello Turcico oratio ¬Matthaei ¬Dresseri ex rationibus et historiis depromta, et ad acuendos Christianos hoc tempore accommodata . 1593 . Steinmannus . Bavarian State Library . English.
  23. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De cancellarii munere et dignitate tam in regnis et ducatibus, quam in academia Lipsiensi oratio Matthaei Dresseri . 1594 . Lantzenberger . Bavarian State Library (Staatliche Bibliothek Regensburg) . Latin.
  24. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Martini Lutheri historia . 1598 . Jac. Apel . Austrian National Library . Latin.
  25. Book: Dresser, Matthaus . Actus solennis commendationis, seu renunciationis rectoris magnificentissimi in academia Lipsica, ... continens Orationem Matthaei Dresseri commendatitiam, & ad eandem magnifici domini protectoris D. Andreae Humelii responsionem: celebratus 15. Cal. Iunij, anno Christi 1602 . 1602 . Michael Lantzenberger excudebat. Impensis Iacobi Apelij . la.
  26. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . Vngnadische Chronika, darinnen der Herren Vngnaden Ankunft, Auszbreitunge, Reisen ... verzeichnet werden vom Keiser Cunrad III ... biß auff dieses 1601. Jahr etc. . 1602 . A. Lamberg . Austrian National Library . German.
  27. Book: Oertel, Friedrich Maximilian . Das Münster der Augustiner Chorherren zu St. Afra in Meissen. Eine Säcularschrift, etc . 1843 . Leipzig . 84 . de.
  28. Book: Matthaeus Dresser . De discendi ordine consilium . 1611 . Gubesius . Bavarian State Library . Latin.

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