Michael Toxites
| Michael Toxites | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Johann Michael Schütz July 19, 1514 Sterzing, South Tyrol |
| Died | 1581 Haguenau, Alsace |
| Occupation | Doctor, poet, and alchemist |
Michael Toxites, born Johann Michael Schütz (19 July 1514, Sterzing, South Tyrol – 1581, Haguenau, Alsace) was a doctor, alchemist and poet of the Holy Roman Empire.
Toxites began his studies in Dillingen and later completed his bachelor of arts in Tubingen. In 1535, he continued his studies at the University of Pavia and earned a Master of arts in 1542 at Wittenberg, where he studied under Philip Melanchthon. From 1537 he was a Latin teacher in Bad Urach in Baden-Württemberg. He poetic talent was such that he was named poet laureate by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor in 1544.
When Wilhelm Xylander published the first Latin version of Marcus Aurelius's Meditations, Toxites is credited with having provided the codex containing the original for the work.
Toxites next found himself as head of school in Brugg in the Swiss canton, working there from 1549 to 1551. Between 1551 and 1556, he studied medicine at Strasbourg. He next served various as a professor of rhetoric and poetics at the University of Tübingen until 1560. That same year he returned to Strasbourg, earning his doctorate in medicine in 1562. In 1564, Toxites established a laboratory in Strasbourg, where he carried out his research and experiments on antimony.
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