John Herbinius (1632–1676) was a

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writer and

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especially known for examining and explaining the principles of

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in rivers.

Biography

He was born at Bitschen in the Duchy of Brieg in 1632. He studied at the University of Wittemberg, before being appointed as a Rector of the school in Bitschen and later in the city of Wohlau. In 1663, he went to Bojanowo in Poland to found an evangelical school of the

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of the

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(in Poland). He solicited on their behalf pecuniary assistance from the other

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; hence, he travelled through

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, the

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, and

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. This employment of travel through several countries gave him an opportunity to examine

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of the countries he passed through; furthermore, he was employed specifically, to examine and explain the principles of Cataracts and

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s; accordingly, he published ''De Admirandis Mundi Cataractis,'', ''Kiovia subterranea,'' and ''Terrse motus et quietis exarnen''. He was engaged as a

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ambassador to Poland, and later been appointed as a minister of the Lutheran Church at

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and Graudenz in Prussia. He authored several publications and died at an age of 44 in 1676.

Bibliography

* ''Terrse motus et quietis exarnen'', 1655. * ''Disputatio de Fœminarum illustrium Eruditione'', 1657. * ''Calendæ festivæ Anni 1667'', 1667 * ''Tragicocomcedia, et Ludi innocui de Juljano Imperatore Apostata'', 1668. * ''Admiranda Michaelis Koributhi in Regem Poloniæ Electio'', 1669 * ''De statu Ecclesiarum Augustanae confessionis in Polonia'', 1670. * ''Religiosæ Kijovienses cryptæ, sive Kijovia subterranea'', 1675. * ''De Admirandis Mundi Cataractis'', 1678. * ''Disputatio de Paradiso.''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Herbinius, John 1632 births 1676 deaths German male writers 17th-century German Lutheran clergy Polish Lutheran clergy People from Kluczbork County