Georg Welsch (1624 - 1677)
1624-10-28Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany1677-11-11Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany
Georg Welsch
Georg Hieronymus Welsch (or Welschius) was a German physician, translator and writer.
He studied medicine in Tübingen, Strasbourg and Padua. Having lost the ability to speak as a result of illness, he decided to settle in Augsburg and educate himself. Welsch studied Greek, Latin, Hebrew and Arabic. Then in Italy he visited numerous libraries, including the Vatican library, and collected books, including the Turkish calendar.
Georg Welsch wrote several books on medicine and fossil curiosities, and researched texts on astronomy and medicine from the Ottoman Empire. He is best known for his translation of the calendar of Avicenna and Sheikh Abul-Wafa. Welsch was also a member of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum.
Date and place of birt: | 28 october 1624, Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 11 november 1677, Augsburg (Schwaben), Germany |
Period of activity: | XVII century |
Specialization: | Doctor, Interpreter, Writer |