Adolf Friedrich Reinhard
Adolf Friedrich Reinhard (born January 19, 1726 in Strelitz ; † August 6, 1783 in Wetzlar ) was a German lawyer and publicist.
The son of a councilor and lawyer studied law and theology in Thorn and Halle . In 1748 Reinhard became secretary of the law firm in Neustrelitz. In 1770 Duke Friedrich von Mecklenburg appointed him professor at the University of Bützow . In 1779 he was appointed to the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar. Then he received the imperial title of nobility.
In his journalism Reinhard polemicized against Lessing , Herder , Wieland , Klopstock and Alexander Pope as well as against Leibniz and Christian Wolff .
Fonts (selection)
- Collection of some poems . Goettingen 1753.
- Comparison of the teaching building of Mr. Pope of the perfection of the world with the system of Mr. von Leibnitz . Leipzig 1757.
- Treatise on the Best World. Greifswald 1757 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).
- System of beings . Göttingen 1768 and 1770.
- Judgment on Ramler's odes . Hamburg 1773.
literature
- S. Hölscher: Adolf Friedrich Reinhard (1726-1783) . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 49 (1884), pp. 286-309 digitized
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Reinhard, Adolf Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 28, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1889, p. 35 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinhard, Adolf Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reinhard, Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strelitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 6, 1783 |
| Place of death | Wetzlar |