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Jørgen Dybvad ( -1612), was a Danish theologian and mathematician of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Jørgen was born to prosperous Yeoman stock in Dybvad in Gosmer Parish, Aarhus, and took the name of his place of birth.〔(Dansk biografisk Lexikon / IV. Bind. Clemens - Eynden / ) accessed 27 September 2011〕 Dybvad studied under Caspar Peucer and Sebastian Theodoricus at the University of Wittenberg.〔'The Melanchthon Circle, Rheticus, and the Wittenberg Interpretation of the Copernican Theory' by Robert S. Westman, ''Isis'' Vol. 66, No. 2 (Jun., 1975), pp. 164-193〕 He later became a prominent scholar who wrote on astronomy, meteorology, and mathematics. He tended toward new, radically anti-Aristotelian ways of thinking. He was the first Dane to publish a commentary on Copernicus, and he had no trouble accepting the new star of 1572 as evidence of celestial mutability. However he was not a systematic astronomer. In astrology he merged the Ptolemaic approach with a contemporary tradition of historical chronology. He was also a Hebrew scholar. ==Appointment as professor== In 1575 Dybvad was sent by Augustus I of Saxony to Denmark with a letter for Frederick II of Denmark which concerned the Crypto-Calvinists who had recently been imprisoned in Saxony. They had pleaded that they were following a precedent set in Denmark. In particular, the Dane, Niels Hemmingsen had recently published ''Syntagma institutionum christianarum'' which offered a Calvinist interpretation of the Eucharist. King Frederick responded by organising a hearing in Copenhagen Castle on 15 June. Despite resolute interrogation by Jørgen Rosenkrantz, Hemmingsen was defended by Peder Oxe. However, after Oxe's death in October and a further recommendation from Augustus I, Dybvad was appointed professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen. However Frederick II secured a retraction from Hemmingsen and forbade further discussion of the Eucharist despite pressure from Augustus I. Nevertheless, Hemmingsen lobbied for Tycho Brahe to be appointed as Rector of the University in the hope that Brahe could curb Dybvad's influence. However Brahe declined.〔'Tycho Brahe's German Treatise on the Comet of 1577: A Study in Science and Politics' by J. R. Christianson and Tycho Brahe ''Isis'' Vol. 70, No. 1 (Mar., 1979), pp. 110-140〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jørgen Dybvad」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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