Homann died in Nuremberg in 1724. He was succeeded by his son Johann Christoph (1703–1730). Johann Baptista Homann. Homann was born in Oberkammlach near Kammlach in the Electorate of Bavaria. Although educated at a Jesuit school, and preparing for an ecclesiastical career, he eventually converted to Protestantism and from 1687 worked as a civil law notary in Nuremberg.
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