The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 22 (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Chalmers, Alexander

9781528546812: The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 22 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The General Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 22

Meibomius (henry), son of the former, was born at Lubeck in 1638; and after laying a proper foundation in literature at home, went in 1655 to the university of Helmstadt, where he applied himself to philosophy and medicine. Afterwards he went to study under the pro fessors at Groningen, Franeker, and Leyden; and upon Jiis return to Germany, projected a larger tour through Italy, France, and England, which he executed, be con tracted an acquaintance with the learned wherever he went; and took a doctor of physic' 3 degree in 1663, as he passed thiough Angers in France. He was offered a professorship of pliysic at Helmstadt in 1661 but his tra velling scheme did not permit him to take possession of it till 1664. This, and the professorships of history and poetry, joined to it in 1678, he held to the time of his' death, which happened in March; 1700. Besides a great number of works relating to his own profession, he pub lished, in 3 v.ols folio, in 1688, Scriptores rerum Gerl inanicarum, a very useful collection, which had been begun, but not finished, by his father.'

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