Adrian Beier the Younger

Adrian Beier the Younger, also Adrian Beyer (born January 29, 1634 in Jena ; † May 12, 1712 ibid) was a German lawyer.

Life

Adrian Beier the Younger was born as the son of the Jena archdeacon Adrian Beier the Elder of the same name . He studied in his hometown, then matriculated at the University of Leipzig , the University of Wittenberg , the University of Rostock and then moved to Leyden to study law.

Returned to Jena, he received his doctorate in law in 1658. He then became court attorney in 1670 , and in 1678 syndic of his hometown. In 1681 he became an associate professor at the university and in 1693 a full professor of law. In addition, he took over the Schöppenstuhl as an assessor in the court . Beier also took part in the organizational tasks of the Salana and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semester of 1696 and 1705 .

During his time, he wrote not only general work on general law, but also statements on craft law and gave technological books on tools, workshops, the goods produced by the craftsmen and a "general trade, art, mining and craft lexicon". With this he earned his reputation as a craftsman lawyer that lasted until the 18th century.

Fonts

Harmonia Struvio-Schnobeliana. Werther, Jena 1663.
Tyro. [..] The apprentice boy. Werther, Jena 1683, digitized .
Tractatus De Iure Prohibendi. Quod competit Opificibus Et In Opifices. From the guilty compulsion. Werther, Jena 1683.
Boethus, opusculorum juridico-fabricensium periculum novum. The craftsman. Schmid, Jena 1685, digitized .
De Collegiis opificum, [...] Tractatus Gratulatorius, Of the Craftsmen's Guilds, and strange court custom. Ehrt, Jena 1688, digitized , (main work).
Relatio Actorum Consultatio item & digressio ad argumentum De Conviciis Opificum. From the scolding of the craftsmen. Honor, Jena 1689.
Kurtzer report of the useful and excellent book deal and the same privileges. Meyer, Jena 1690, digitized and full text in the German text archive , online edition of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
General action, art, mining and handicraft lexicon. Promoted to print by Friederich Gottlieb Struven. Tröbert, Jena 1722.
Gustav Richter: Part of a self-biography by Adrian Beier Communicated in the extract. In: Journal of the Association for Thuringian History and Archeology. NF Vol. 2 = Vol. 10, H. 3, 1881, pp. 317-329 .

literature

Wilhelm Ebel: Beier, Adrian. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 18 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Publications by and about Adrian Beier the Younger in VD 17 .
Literature by and about Adrian Beier the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
Works by and about Adrian Beier the Younger in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

↑ September 7, 1698 erroneous according to NDB, cf. Johan Ernst Basilus Wiedeburg: Topographical description of the city of Jena including its political and academic constitution. Industrie Comptoir, Weimar; 1795, pp. 596–597, ( online )

personal data
SURNAME	Beier, Adrian the Younger
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Beyer, Adrian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 29, 1634
PLACE OF BIRTH	Jena
DATE OF DEATH	May 12, 1712
Place of death	Jena

[1] September 7, 1698 erroneous according to NDB, cf. Johan Ernst Basilus Wiedeburg: Topographical description of the city of Jena including its political and academic constitution. Industrie Comptoir, Weimar; 1795, pp. 596–597, ( online )