Carl Julian von Graba

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Carl Julian (von) Graba (born February 17, 1799 in Itzehoe ; † March 30, 1874 in Kiel ), royal Danish judiciary, is known as one of the first modern Faroe Islands researchers.

Life

Graba - son of a Danish officer - grew up in Itzehoe and, after visiting the Lübeck Katharineum, studied law at the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel from 1817 . In 1828 he traveled to the then almost unknown Faroe Islands and lived there for three months, during which he explored nature and especially the Faroese bird life . His notes were published in Hamburg in 1830 under the title Diary, kept on a trip to Farö in 1828 and translated into Faroese in 1987 .

Afterwards he worked again as a civil servant, later went to Reinbek near Hamburg and after his retirement back to Kiel, where he died in 1874. In 1993 his Faroe Islands book was reprinted under the same title as it was in Kiel. A journalist for the Kieler Nachrichten wrote in 1999: "His little work is still today, after more than 150 years, recognized and not outdated" .

Carl Julian von Graba had a son named Hermann (1833–1908).

Works

  • Diary kept on a trip to Faroe in 1828. Perthes & Besser, Hamburg 1830.
  • Theory and practice of common German criminal law in the nineteenth century: presented and processed in strange criminal cases. Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1838.
  • Suggestions concerning the reform of the prison sentences in the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein. Schwers, Kiel 1840.
  • Record-based representation of the criminal case against Jochim Hinrich Ramcke, Anna Maria Ramcke and Hinrich Ladiges from Halstenbeck for murder and arson. Bünsow, Kiel 1844.
  • Hartwig von Reventlau. Dramatic poetry in 5 acts. Schwerssche Buchhandlung, Kiel 1846.

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personal data
SURNAME Graba, Carl Julian von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Graba, Carl Julian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Danish Council of Justice, one of the first modern Faroe Islands researchers
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Itzehoe
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1874
Place of death Kiel