Introduction

Biography

Dach was the son of Si­mon Dach, in­ter­pre­ter to the Court of Jus­tice at Me­mel.

Simon the young­er at­tend­ed the ca­thed­ral school at Kö­nigs­berg, the town school at Wit­ten­berg, and the Gym­na­si­um at Mag­de­burg.

In 1626, he re­turned to Kö­nigs­berg where, after stu­dy­ing phi­lo­so­phy and theo­lo­gy at the uni­ver­si­ty, he worked as a pri­vate tu­tor.

In 1633, he was ap­point­ed as­sist­ant in the ca­thed­ral school, and in 1636 Con­rec­tor.

In 1639, he be­came Pro­fess­or of Po­et­ry at the uni­ver­si­ty, and was five times Dean of the Phi­lo­so­phi­cal Fa­cul­ty, and from 1656–57, rec­tor of the uni­ver­si­ty.

Works

• Handbuch des Kan­tor­en­dienst­es