Albin Moller
Albin Moller was a German author, astrologer, and translator who lived in eastern Germany during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
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[edit] Life and career
Moller was born in Straupitz, and worked there as a pastor. He died in Altdöbern.[1]
[edit] Astrological works
In 1596, Moller published Die grosse: Practica Astrologica, a guide to astrology.[2] In 1602, he published Fleissig und Getrewlich Gestellet, an astrological calendar, in Leipzig. The title page features a woodcut of Moller at age sixty.[3] He published another calendar, Alt und New Schreibcalender Auff das Jar nach unsers Herrn Jhesu Christi Geburt MDCI, around 1600.
[edit] Other works
Moller translated the Lutheran hymn book Hymnal and catechism into the Sorbian language in 1574, the first book to be printed in the language.[4] He published Die Pflanzen der Arzneikräuter-Liste von (List of Medicinal Plants and Herbs) in 1582.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Literaturport.de entry for Albin Moller". Literatureport.de. http://www.literaturport.de. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "Münchener Digitale Bibliothek". http://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/index.html?c=autoren_index&l=de&ab=Moller,%20Albin. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ Schullian, Dorothy M. The Papers of the Biographical Society of America, Vol. 47. Accessed 2009-01-31 www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/bathtub/leaves.pdf
- ^ "Lusatian (Sorbian) Collections". http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/sorbian/lusatian/lusatian.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31.
- ^ "BVBB- Publikationen". http://www.botanischer-verein-brandenburg.de/verhandlungen.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-31.[dead link]
