Greetings from melanchthon

[melanchthon]

Greetings to all,

 

melanchthon (a.k.a. I, the author) is named after the 16th century humanist / reformer who taught at the University of Wittenberg and along with his students contributed at many levels to the improvement of education in Europe.

 

He had broad interests as was typical of the humanist movement of that time, including ancient languages, theology, astronomy, various agricultural interests, and education specifically etc. His students spread far and wide and contributed greatly to the intellectual world of Europe. Some of his students, for example, were connected with the work of Copernicus and his theory of heliocentrism.

 

This melanchthon also has broad intellectual interests - I am a degreed and practicing engineer but hold a Masters degree in classics and a PhD in Ancient/Medieval history - but I have nothing to do with Europe. I reside in Nebraska.

 

I look forward to interesting and fruitful interactions

 

m.

[Tormod]

Welcome to our forums!

[infamous]

Greetings to all,

A warm welcome to you also...............looking forward to sharing with you......................Infy

[InfiniteNow]

Hello melanchthon,

 

Welcome to Hypography. I look forward to your contributions, and hope you enjoy your stay. :)

 

 

Cheers. :hihi:

[Southtown]

What? No way! The same melanchthon that I know?

[eric l]

"Melanchthon" is the latinized form of his German name "Schwarzerd", which, in English would read "black soil" - same as "Terra Preta", a hot item on this forum. Is it by any change one of your topics too ?

BTW, Melanchton got his own website on his 500th birthday, in German, but now with an English translation. I suppose you are familiar with it, but just to make sure : Philipp Melanchthon

There are also dozens of schools in the Netherlands, in Germany and in Switzerland that bear his name, lots of them have websites too, but the information they provide on Melanchton is always very much the same.