Gotthard Arthus or Gotardus Artusius Dantiscanus (1568–1628) was a schoolmaster, historian and translator in early seventeenth-century Frankfurt.

Life

Gotthard Arthus was born in Danzig on 11 January 1568.[1] In 1589 he matriculated at the University of Jena,[1] graduating Master of Arts in 1592.[2] Four years later a Johann Arthus matriculated who may have been a relation.[1] In 1595 he was appointed to the city school in Frankfurt on Main, becoming deputy head in 1618.[2]

He died in Frankfurt on 15 February 1628.[1]

Among his publications is a continuation of Michael ab Isselt's Mercurius Gallobelgicus, for the years 1603-1626, printed in Frankfurt and distinct from the Cologne continuation.[2] He was also a translator from Dutch.

Works

  • Historia Indiae orientalis (Frankfurt, 1600)
  • Historia chronologica Pannoniae (Frankfurt, 1608)
  • Cometa orientalis: kurtze Beschreibung desz newen Cometen (Frankfurt, 1619; available on Gallica.fr) – a discussion of the Great Comet of 1618.
  • Commentariorum de rebus in Regno Antichristi memorabilibus (3 vols., Frankfurt, 1620)
  • Sleidanus redivivus (Frankfurt, 1618) – a continuation of Johannes Sleidanus, Commentariorum de statu religionis et reipublicae
  • Mercurius Gallobelgicus succenturiati (Frankfurt, 1603-1626)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Arthus, Gotthard". presseforschung.uni-bremen.de (in German). Institut Deutsche Presseforschung. 4 July 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Ernst Kelchner, Arthusius, Gothard, Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, vol. 1 (1875), p. 613.
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