Alexander Friedländer

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Alexander Friedländer (born September 19, 1819 in Brilon ; † September 13, 1858 on the Atlantic during the fire of Austria on the crossing to America) was a German university professor and activist of the German Revolution 1848/49 .

Life

Alexander Friedländer was born in Brilon as the son of the businessman Abraham Friedländer and the grandson of the regional rabbi Josef Friedländer . From 1837 to 1839 Alexander Friedländer studied in Bonn and from 1839 in Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate in 1841 with a prize-winning thesis . In 1842 he worked for a year at the city court in Brilon. Although a Jew , he was admitted to the University of Heidelberg as a private lecturer in 1842. There he published his main work "Legal Encyclopedia" in 1847, in which he philosophically systematized the individual branches of law.

During the unrest of 1848/49 he was publicly active as a member of the Heidelberg Democratic Association. He participated in various protests and wrote articles. In 1850 he was arrested for this and sentenced to several years in prison. Thanks to the commitment of his family and the citizens of Brilon, as well as his poor health, he was pardoned with the condition that he should emigrate to America after a recreational stay in Brilon. He emigrated on September 13, 1858 and was killed in the fire of the steamship Austria , which was supposed to bring him to America.

Publications

  • Legal Encyclopedia or System of Jurisprudence, Heidelberg 1847, Publisher: J. Groos
  • Against the death penalty. A word to the Prussian state committees meeting to deliberate on the Criminal Code, Brilon 1847

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Friedländer, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German university professor and activist of the German Revolution 1848/49
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Brilon
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1858
Place of death Atlantic