Doerffel, Georg Samuel

1. Dates

Born: Germany, 1643

Died: Germany, 1688

Dateinfo: Dates Certain

Lifespan: 45

2. Father

Occupation: Pastor

No information on financial status.

3. Nationality

Birth: Germany

Career: Germany

Death: Germany

4. Education

Schooling: Leipzig, B.A., B.Th.; Jena, M.A.

School in Plauen.

1662, bachelor's degree, Leipzig. Studied theology.

1663, master's degree, Jena. Studied mathematics and astronomy under Erhard Weigel. Defended his thesis on the motion of heavy bodies.

1668, Bachelor of Theology, Leipzig.

5. Religion

Affiliation: Lutheran

6. Scientific Disciplines

Primary: Astronomy

7. Means of Support

Primary: Ecclesiastical Position

1667, substitute pastor, Plauen, Germany.

1672, suceeded to the post.

Close to the end of his life he became the Lutheran Superintendent at Weida.

8. Patronage

Type: None

9. Technological Involvement

Types: None

10. Scientific Societies

Memberships: None

Corresponded with Weigel and Gottfried Kirch.

Sources

1. Angus Armitage, "Master Georg Doerffel and the Rise of Cometary Astronomy," Annals of Science, 7 (1951). 303-315. [Q1.A47]
2. Rudolf Gerloch, "Doerffel," Neue deutsche Biographie, 4 (1959), 30- 31.

Not Available and Not Consulted

1. A.G. Kaestner, "Nachrichten von Georg Samuel Doerfeln" etc.
2. Sammlungen einiger ausgesuchten Stuecke der Gesellschaft der freyen Kuenste zu Leipzig (Leipzig, 1754-56), teil 3, 252ff.
3. C. Reinhardt, Mag. Georg Samuel Doerffel (Plauen, 1882).

Compiled by:

Richard S. Westfall

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

Indiana University

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