1606–1673

Introduction

Baptized: Ju­ly 18, 1606, St. Tho­mas’ Church, Leip­zig, Ger­ma­ny.

Died: Ap­par­ent­ly May 4, 1673, Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny.

Buried: Klos­ter Kirche, Ber­lin, Ger­ma­ny.

Biography

Schirmer was the son of Mi­chael Schir­mer, in­spect­or of wine casks in Leip­zig.

He en­tered the Uni­ver­si­ty of Leip­zig on East­er, 1619 (MA 1630).

In 1636 he was ap­point­ed sub­rec­tor, and in 1651 con­rec­tor, of the Grey­fri­ars Gym­na­si­um in Ber­lin. Dur­ing his con­rec­tor­ship the rec­tor­ship fell va­cant se­ver­al times, and each time, after Schir­mer had of­fi­ci­ate­d as pro­rec­tor dur­ing the va­can­cy, a young­er man was set ov­er him (prob­ab­ly due to Schir­mer’s fee­ble health).

In May 1668, the sub­rec­tor was pro­mot­ed ov­er him. Schir­mer re­tired that same year and spent the rest of his life in Ber­lin.

Works

In 1868, he pub­lished a ver­sion of the Æneid in Ger­man Al­ex­an­drine verse.

Sources

Lyrics

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Schir­mer (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),