Background
He was the son of Anton Böhme, minister of Oesdorf, in Pyrmont, Waldeck, Germany, and was born 1 June 1673.
He was the son of Anton Böhme, minister of Oesdorf, in Pyrmont, Waldeck, Germany, and was born 1 June 1673.
University of Halle-Wittenberg.
He is known as an author and translator. After courses of education at Lemgo and Hameln, he entered in 1693 the then newly founded University of Halle. In 1698 he was called to Arolsen, the seat of the Count of Waldeck, to educate the count"s two daughters.
But his religious opinions were not acceptable to some of the clergy, and the count let him go.
Böhme received an invitation to become chaplain to the Duchess-dowager of Coburg, but he took up an offer to teach for German families in London. He set out for London 25 August 1701.
After studying English, Böhme opened a school in February 1702. Böhme was chaplain to the Prince from 1705.
The relationship proved fraught, and three years later Tribekko was replaced by Georg Andreas Ruperti.
Böhme died at Greenwich 27 May 1722, aged 48. He was buried in Greenwich churchyard, where a monument was erected to his memory.
