Adam Freytag
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Adam Freytag | |
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| Born | 1608 |
| Died | 1650 (aged 41–42) Kėdainiai, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth |
Adam Freytag (1608–1650) was a Polish military engineer, mathematician and physician. He is best known for his work Architectura militaris nova et aucta, the first manual of bastion fortifications of the so-called Old Dutch system, published in 1631. In 1633–1634, he served as a Polish military engineer in the Smolensk War.
Education
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He graduated gymnasium in Toruń.[1] After receiving a scholarship from the city council, he studied at the University of Frankfurt, and then moved to the Leipzig University, where he obtained a master's degree.[1]
Eighty Years' War
[edit]He joined the military of the Dutch Republic during the Eighty Years' War under the command of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange.[1] He took part in the Siege of 's-Hertogenbosch in 1629. From 1629 to 1632, he studied at the medical faculty of the Leiden University, obtaining a doctorate in medicine.[1]
During his stay in Leiden, he wrote Architectura militaris nova et aucta, the first manual of bastion fortifications of the so-called Old Dutch system, published in 1631. In 1632, he met future Grand Hetman of Lithuania Janusz Radziwiłł in Leiden.[2]
Return to Poland
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Freytag soon joined Radziwiłł's regiment and took part in the Smolensk War between Poland and Russia in 1633–1634.[2] After the war, in 1634, he returned to Toruń and became a teacher of mathematics and astronomy at the local gymnasium.[2] Upon request from the city authorities, he assisted in the modernization of Toruń's fortifications.[2] Soon, however, he returned to the Radziwiłł court, and began work on modernizing the fortifications of Biržai.[2] After 1640, he was the military engineer and court physician of Janusz Radziwiłł.[2] Later on, he taught mathematics in the gymnasium of Kėdainiai.[2]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Nagielski, Mirosław (2017). "Adam Freytag. Matematyk, architekt, inżynier i lekarz". Mówią wieki (in Polish).
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