Johann Christian Thomae was a German historian and biographer and a Lutheran rector of Neustadt bei Coburg.
Background
Thomae was born on 5 April 1668 in Heldburg at the house of his maternal grandfather. His father was Stephan Thomae, the Lutheran pastor of Wiesenfeld bei Coburg and later of Neuhaus ( now Neuhaus-Schierschnitz ) and Sonnefeld. His mother was Cordula Buchenröder, the daughter of a Church Superintendent Michael Buchenröder.
Education
In 1682, he was admitted to the Great Princely Gymnasium, also in Coburg, and graduated in 1686. From 1688 he studied at the University of Jena.
Career
Privately educated, Thomae came to Coburg in late May 1679 to join the Primary Class at the city’s Collegiate School. After graduation, he worked as a teacher. In 1697, he was appointed as the Rector for the parish of Neustadt bei Coburg.
With her, Thomae had five children, two boys and three girls.
In 1722 ( ins XXVI Jahr Rectore der Schul daselbst ) he published in Coburg his history of the Reformation of the Duchy of Coburg. He died on 19 March 1724.