Daniel Maichel (14 August 1693 – 20 January 1752) was a

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professor of philosophy, theology, logic, physics, rights and politics. He studied

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and earned a master's degree in 1713. Maichel was born in

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and died in

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. He was in touch with

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and visited him in

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at the Rainbow Coffee House. He wrote to des Maiseaux "‘in the hope I have that you will still be an illustrious member of that learned Society which meets every evening at the Rainbow Café".

References

* Döring, Heinrich
Die gelehrten Theologen Deutschlands im achtzehnten und neunzehnten Jahrhundert: Band J-M.
J. K. G. Wagner, 1832, Seite 401–402. In German. {{DEFAULTSORT:Maichel, Daniel Academic staff of the University of Tübingen 1693 births 1752 deaths 18th-century German philosophers People from Stuttgart 18th-century German male writers German Lutheran theologians