Michael Christoph Hanow

Who was Michael Christoph Hanow?

Michael Christoph Hanow was a German meteorologist, historian, professor of mathematics and since 1717 Rector of Academic Gymnasium Danzig.

Hanow was educated in Danzig and Leipzig and was a private Teacher in Dresden, Leipzig und Danzig. In the year 1727 he became a Member of the Academic Gymnasium Danzig. He wrote numerous articles and books. Since 1739 he published the Danziger Nachrichten a weekly journal with Weather forecasting. The term Biology was introduced by him. In the years 1745 until 1767 he wrote Jus Culmense, the complete Kulm law and a collection of until to date not published prussian documents.

Together with Georg Daniel Seyler, Gottfried Lengnich and David Braun he belonged to the most importand local historians in the 18th century.