Johann Georg Lairitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Johann Georg Lairitz

German historian

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1647

Place of Birth: Hof, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1716

Profession: deacon, librarian, historian, theologian

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Johann Georg Lairitz (15 July 1647 – 4 April 1716) was a German theologian, born at Hof in Bavaria.
In 1667 he entered the university at Jena; in 1677 he was graduated M.A., and became in 1673 professor of Church and profane history at the gymnasium of Baireuth; in 1675, librarian and instructor of the margraves Erdmann Philipp and Georg Albrecht; in 1685, deacon of the court Church; in 1688, superintendent at Neustadt.
In 1697 he accepted the call of the duke Wilhelm Ernst of Weimar, and he then became superintendent in general, counselor of the consistory, first preacher of the Petri-Paul Church, and director of the gymnasium.
He died on 4 April 1716. He left numerous productions, e.g.
Diss.
de simplici et composito (Jenae, 1668, 4to); Auszug der Kirchengeschichte des Neuen Testam.
(Baireuth und Niremb.
1678, 12mo); Synopsis historiae ecclesiasticae Novi Testam.
(ibid.
1678, 12mo); Der romische Papst-Thron, d.
i.
gründliche und ausführliche Beschreibung des papstlichen Ehrund Macht-und Wachsthums (ibid, 1685, 4to).



Alternative names	Christoph Weigel der Ältere
Description	German engraver and publisher
Date of birth/death	9 November 1654	5 February 1725
Location of birth/death	Marktredwitz	Nuremberg
Work location	Nuremberg
Authority control	: Q100116 VIAF: 12366914 ISNI: 0000 0001 0870 4350 ULAN: 500043269 LCCN: n2008066461 NLA: 36586258 WorldCat