Introduction

Biography

Educated at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Je­na (MA 1666) and at Leip­zig, Pfef­fer­korn was for a short time a pri­vate tu­tor at Al­ten­burg.

In 1668, he be­came mas­ter at the two high­est forms in the Gym­na­si­um at Al­ten­burg. In 1673, Duke Ernst the Pi­ous of Go­tha made him tu­tor to his three sons.

In 1676, Duke Fried­rich I ap­point­ed him pas­tor of Frie­mar (near Go­tha), and in 1682 made him a mem­ber of the con­sis­to­ry and su­per­in­tend­ent at Gräf­en­ton­na.