Kircher, Athanasius

Japanese: キルヒャー（英語表記）Kircher， Athanasius

Born: 1601/1602.5.2. Gaisa
Died November 27, 1680. A Roman German encyclopedist. His father was a theologian. After graduating from the Jesuit gymnasium, he studied almost all academic subjects in theology, humanities, natural sciences, and mathematics at various universities. He was a Jesuit (1618). He was a professor of philosophy, mathematics, Hebrew, and Syriac at the University of Würzburg (29). He fled the destruction of the Thirty Years' War and moved to Avignon (31), where he had connections with J. Hevelius and P. Gassendi. He went to Rome at the invitation of the Pope (34) and served as a professor of mathematics at the Roman Academy for a time, but in the latter half of his life he devoted himself to writing (44 in total) and research. He excelled in magnetism, optics, and geology, but his greatest significance was his contribution to the dissemination of knowledge through his teaching, wide-ranging correspondence, and writing. His major works are Ars magna lucis et umbrae (44) and Mundus Subterraneus (64).

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Japanese:

[生]1601/1602.5.2. ガイザ
[没]1680.11.27. ローマ
ドイツの百科全書的学者。父は神学者。イエズス会のギムナジウムを卒業後，各地の大学で神学，人文学，自然学，数学のほとんどすべての学問を修める。イエズス会士 (1618) 。ウュルツブルク大学の哲学，数学，ヘブライ語，シリア語の教授 (29) 。三十年戦争の戦禍を逃れてアビニョンに移り (31) ，J.ヘベリウス，P.ガッサンディらと交流。教皇の招きでローマに行き (34) ，一時期ローマ学院の数学教授をつとめたが，後半生は著作 (総数 44) ，研究に没頭。特に磁気，光学，地質学の研究に秀でていたが，最大の意義は，その教育，広範囲の文通，著作活動を通して知識の普及に貢献したことである。主著『光と闇の偉術』 Ars magna lucis et umbrae (44) ，『地下の世界』 Mundus Subterraneus (64) 。

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