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DeutschGotthard Arthusius
Gotthard Arthus or Gotardus Artusius Dantiscanus (1568–1628) was a schoolmaster, historian and translator in early seventeenth-century Frankfurt.
Life
[edit]Gotthard Arthus was born in Danzig on 11 January 1568.[1] In 1589 he matriculated at the University of Jena,[1] graduating Master of Arts in 1592.[2] Four years later a Johann Arthus matriculated who may have been a relation.[1] In 1595 he was appointed to the city school in Frankfurt on Main, becoming deputy head in 1618.[2]
He died in Frankfurt on 15 February 1628.[1]
Among his publications is a continuation of Michael ab Isselt's Mercurius Gallobelgicus, for the years 1603-1626, printed in Frankfurt and distinct from the Cologne continuation.[2] He was also a translator from Dutch.
Works
[edit]- 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 Great Comet of 1618.
- Commentariorum de rebus in Regno Antichristi memorabilibus (3 vols., Frankfurt, 1620)
- Sleidanus redivivus (Frankfurt, 1618) – a continuation of Johannes Sleidanus, Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae
- Mercurius Gallobelgicus succenturiati (Frankfurt, 1603-1626)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Arthus, Gotthard". presseforschung.uni-bremen.de (in German). Institut Deutsche Presseforschung. 4 July 2019.
- ^ a b c Ernst Kelchner, Arthusius, Gothard, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 1 (1875), p. 613.
