Andreas Hojer

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Andreas Hojer (also Hoier or Høyer ; born May 18, 1690 in Karlum ; † August 28, 1739 in Schleswig ) was a German-Danish historian and legal scholar . He was one of the founders of the Danish legal education.

Life

Hojer was the son of the preacher Johannes Hojer (1660-1726) from Karlum. His mother was Catharina (1665-1732), the daughter of the pastor Johann Christian Fabricius in Loit . The Hojer family held the parish office in Karlum from 1617 to 1747, when Andreas Hojer's brother Wilhad became provost in Sønderborg. His uncle of the same name (born May 16, 1654 in Karlum; † July 10, 1728 in Rendsburg) was general superintendent in the Duchy of Schleswig from 1724–1728 .

Hojer received his first education from a brother of his mother. In 1706 he came to the Halle Pedagogy . In 1707 he enrolled at the University of Halle and began studying medicine . He also heard from Christian Thomasius, among others, natural and international law as well as morality and history. In 1709 he had to return to his homeland due to military unrest and break off his university education. He therefore initially devoted himself to private studies. In 1713 he came to Copenhagen as court master in the house of the privy councilor Johann Georg von Holstein . In 1717 he tried to get a professorship in Copenhagen with the Disputatio medica de febre petechizante , but he did not succeed. In 1717 and 1718 he accompanied Holstein's sons to the University of Helmstedt .

Hojer published his Kurzgefaßte Dännemärckische Geschichte in 1719 and got into a dispute with Ludvig Holberg about it . This was followed by an investigation by a royal commission, which Hojer finally cleared of the allegations. In 1721 he was appointed royal secretary to the registry commission for the Kingdom of Norway , and in 1722 royal historiographer. His task included keeping the yearbooks of the history of King Frederick IV's government . Several handwritten volumes were created, 13 of which are in the possession of the Kiel University Library . He also became a member of the Police and Commerz College and sub-librarian at the Royal Library in Copenhagen . After the death of King Friedrich IV. In 1730 he was dismissed from all offices.

Hojer was appointed budget councilor in Copenhagen in 1732 and in 1735 was appointed professor of law at the University of Copenhagen . The following year, 1736, he was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In the academic year 1737/1738 he was rector of the university. He was one of the developers of Danish legal education and brought the regulation on the introduction of legal degrees with him. In addition, he was first assessor at the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Denmark, then from 1737 general procurator . He was also active as director of the Copenhagen Orphanage, as a member of the General Church Inspectorate, and as a member and secretary of the Mission Commission.

He died in 1739 while traveling with relatives in Schleswig. Peder Kofod Ancher and Henrik Stampe are among his students.

Works (selection)

  • De Nuptiis Propinquorum Iure Divino Non Prohibitis: Diagrama , Lemgo 1718.
  • Brief Danish history , Flensburg and Erfurt 1719.
  • Diss. Iur. de eo quod iure belli licet in minores , Copenhagen 1735.
  • King Frederick IV's Most Glorious Life , 2 volumes, Tondern 1829.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Frederik Arends: Gejstligheden i Slesvig og Holsten: Fra reformations til 1864. Copenhagen 1932, Vol 1, p 366. 236th.
  2. ↑ Otto Frederik Arends: Gejstligheden i Slesvig og Holsten: Fra Reformationen til 1864. Copenhagen 1932, vol. 3, p. 26.
personal data
SURNAME Hojer, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoier, Andreas; Høyer, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Danish historian and legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1690
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlum
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1739
Place of death Schleswig