University of Helmstedt

The University of Helmstedt, official Latin name: Academia Julia ("Julius University"), was a university in Helmstedt, Brunswick-Lüneburg, Holy Roman Empire, that existed from 1576 until 1810.

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Latin - University - Helmstedt - Brunswick-Lüneburg - Holy Roman Empire - 1576 - 1810

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Founded by and named after Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, as the first university of the state, the university quickly became one of the largest German universities. In the late 18th century, it lost popularity to newer universities, such as the University of Göttingen. It was closed by the Kingdom of Westphalia in 1810.

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Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg - German - 18th century - University of Göttingen - Kingdom of Westphalia - 1810

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Famous professors include:

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• Giordano Bruno, philosophy
• Georgius Calixtus, theology
• Hermann von der Hardt, oriental languages
• Lorenz Heister, medicine
• Heinrich Meibom, history and poetry
• Johann Friedrich Pfaff, mathematics
• Wilhelm Abraham Teller, theology

Famous students include:

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• Caspar Abel, theologian
• Valens Acidalius, writer
• Anton Wilhelm Amo, first black student in Europe
• Johann Arndt, theologian
• Sethus Calvisius, musician
• Joachim Heinrich Campe, writer
• Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician
• Carl Benedict Hase, classicist
• Hoffmann von Fallersleben, writer
• Johann Georg Jacobi, writer