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Title: 'I am who I know'
Subtitle: Some Notes on the Life and Work of Johannes Elichmann
Author(s): VAN HAL, Toon
Journal: Humanistica Lovaniensia
Volume: 72    Date: 2023   
Pages: 261-278
DOI: 10.2143/HLO.72.0.3292722

Abstract :
This contribution aims to provide a portrayal of Johannes Elichmann, a distinguished physician and Orientalist of the seventeenth century. Even though Elichmann was well-respected, details about his life and work are hard to find. This is partly because he died early. Prior biographical sketches have shed some light on Elichmann's life, yet they remain fragmentary. The surfacing of additional primary sources, coupled with modern studies of the early modern republic of letters increasingly referencing Elichmann, allows one to give a more in-depth survey of this scholar’s life, work and significance.

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