Robert Roberthin
| Robert Roberthin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
3 March 1600 Saalfeld |
| Died | 7 April 1648 (aged 48) Königsberg |
| Occupation | Geheimrat, poet |
| Nationality | Prussian |
Robert Roberthin (3 March 1600 in Saalfeld (Zalewo) – 17 April 1648 in Königsberg (now Kaliningrad)) was a German Baroque poet. He wrote under his own name, as well as the anagram Berrintho.
Roberthin was the son of a Lutheran pastor. In 1616 the Roberthin family moved to Königsberg. In 1617 Robert Roberthin started studying law at the University of Königsberg. The next year he continued his studies at Leipzig University and in 1620 at the Jean Sturm Gymnasium in Strasbourg, where he found lodgings with the linguist Matthias Bernegger. He would maintain a correspondence with Bernegger for many years. Roberthin’s father died in 1620 and in 1621 Roberthin returned to Königsberg without a diploma. There he obtained a job as a private tutor.
In the years 1625-1633 he travelled extensively. He departed together with his patron’s son. They visited the Dutch Republic. There he found a new patron, with whom he travelled to England. From England he crossed the Channel to France, where he took up several jobs until he returned to Königsberg in 1630. In the same year he departed again with a new pupil to travel to the Dutch Republic, France and Italy. In the Dutch Republic he befriended Hugo Grotius, who had temporarily returned from banishment. They kept corresponding until Grotius' death in 1645. Roberthin returned in 1633 and the next year he found a job as a secretary at the Order of Saint John in Sonnenburg (present-day Słońsk). In 1636 he became court clerk at the court of justice in Königsberg. In 1639 he married Ursula Vogt. By now he was influential enough to get his friend Simon Dach appointed professor of poetry at Königsberg University in 1639.
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