Johann Major
German poet and theologian
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Johann Major (2 January 1533 – 6 March 1600) was a German Protestant theologian, humanist and poet.
Life
Major was born in Sankt Joachimsthal in the Kingdom of Bohemia. He matriculated in 1549 at the University of Wittenberg, and died in Zerbst.
Bibliography
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher: Allgemeines Gelehrtenlexikon. Band 3, 1751, Sp. 56
- Heinz Kathe: Die Wittenberger Philosophische Fakultät 1501–1817. Böhlau, Köln 2002, ISBN 3-412-04402-4
- Walter Friedensburg: Geschichte der Universität Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
- Irene Dingel, Günther Wartenberg: Die Theologische Fakultät Wittenberg 1502 bis 1602. Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-374-02019-4
- Ulrike Ludwig: Die ehemalige Canzley und Probstey in Wittenberg. Herausgegeben vom Gesundheits- und Tagungszentrum, Wittenberg 2005
- G. Frank: Johann Major der Wittenberger Poet. 1863
- Fritz Roth: Restlose Auswertungen von Leichenpredigten und Personalschriften für genealogische und kulturhistorische Zwecke. Band 5, R 4479
- Paul Tschackert (1884), "Major, Johann", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 20, Leipzig: Duncker & Humblot, p. 111
- "Entry". Zedlers Universallexikon. Vol. 19. p. 336.
- Rudolf Wolkan: Böhmens Antheil an der deutschen Litteratur des XVI. Jahrhunderts. K.u.K. Hofbuchdruckerei A. Haase, Prag 1894, S. 136
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