Benignus Pfeufer

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Benignus Pfeufer (born November 23, 1732 in Bamberg ; † October 5, 1797 ibid) was a German lawyer , archivist and writer .

Life

Benign Pfeufer studied in Bamberg jurisprudence and licentiate was of rights. He later went to Wetzlar and worked as a secretary at the local court. It was also given the character of a prince-bishop's council. In his hometown Bamberg he was then appointed secret archivist with the character of a princely court counselor. He died there in 1797 at the age of almost 65.

Pfeufer translated from the French The true statecraft for a person of the class (Frankfurt 1767). In Der Vererrungen der Philosophie (Bamberg 1785), also edited from the French, he provided an appendix to the book Deist refuted by himself, or letters to Jean-Jacques Rousseau about the philosophical errors in his writings . Pfeufer also tried himself as a dramatic poet, but without any particular success. He wrote the tragedy Vendelino (Wetzlar 1771), the free adaptation of the French performing drama The Count of Warwick (1771) and the tragedy Karl and Leonore (Gießen 1772). He earned lasting fame through his contributions to Bamberg's topographical and statistical history, both older and more recent (Bamberg 1791).

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personal data
SURNAME Pfeufer, Benignus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, archivist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Bamberg
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1797
Place of death Bamberg