Johann winklers biography children

Johann winklers biography children: Johann Winkler was born

Winckler was born in Wingendorf , a village in Silesia. In , he was appointed a teacher collega quartus at St. Thomas School in Leipzig. The building was enlarged the same year and he wrote the libretto of Froher Tag, verlangte Stunde , a cantata to mark the completion of the project. It was set to music by his colleague Johann Sebastian Bach and performed in the summer of Winckler authored a textbook of philosophy first published in and a second edition in In , he became professor of philosophy at Leipzig university and professor of Latin and Greek in In , he became professor of physics.

Winckler is best known for his electrical experimentation research. Winckler was elected to the Royal Society in Winckler authored a series of essays between — on the existence of animal souls. Winckler's textbook Institutiones Philosophiae Universae, published in , drew ethical conclusions from his views on animal souls.