Carl Godeffroy
Carl Godeffroy (born June 14, 1787 in Hamburg , † August 27, 1848 in Breslau ) was a Hanseatic diplomat .
Life
Carl Godeffroy was a son of the Hamburg merchant Peter Godeffroy and Catharina, born. Thornton. As a child he was friends with the later philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer . He studied in Edinburgh a . a. at Dugald Stewart . As Minister Resident , he represented from 1822 to 1832, the Hanseatic cities of Hamburg, Lübeck and Bremen at the Russian court in St. Petersburg . From 1832 to 1840 he was privatized and from 1840 until his death he served as Minister-Resident for Hamburg at the Prussian court in Berlin . He was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, 2nd class.
In 1842 he became the owner of Gut Lehmkuhlen . Carl Godeffroy was married to Marianne Jenisch, who was almost 19 years younger. She was a daughter of the merchant and senator Martin Johann Jenisch . The sons Carl Peter and Wilhelm Martin, who became Dr. jur. doctorate and in 1901 was raised to the hereditary Prussian nobility.
Fonts
- Considerations about the reorganization of the present Baltic Sea trade in favor of general traffic and in the interest of all Baltic Sea states. In Carl Wilhelm Asher (ed.): Hamburg Monthly Journal for Politics and Trade 1834. Jul., Pp. 1 to 49. Publication a. a. Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung , p. 134, № 34 of January 27, 1835, digitized .
- About Heligoland's geography. In: Karl Caesar von Leonhard , Heinrich Georg Bronn (Hg.): New yearbook for mineralogy, geognosy, geology and petrefacts. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1835, no. 4, p. 412 ff. ( Online ).
- Theory of poverty or inferiority . A contribution to the doctrine of the distribution of goods. Second edition. Hamburg, Perthes and Besser, 1836, digitized .
- Correspondence. Geneva, December 26th 1838 In: New yearbook for mineralogy, geognosy, geology and petrefacts . Schweizerbart, Stuttgart 1839, H. 4, S. 177 ff. Digitalisat
- Notices sur les glaciers, les moraines et les blocs erratiques des Alpes, avec une table analytique. Paris et Geneve, 1840, ( online ).
Representations
- Christian Daniel Rauch , bust of Charles Godeffroy, undressed, on a profiled base, plaster, painted over, height 45 cm.
literature
- Hans Schröder : Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present (on behalf of the Association for Hamburg History), 2nd volume Dassovius - Günther, Verlag Perthes-Besser u. Maucke, Hamburg, 1854, p. 508 ff, digitized .
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ Catharina, b. Thornton: * August 2, 1759 in Hamburg, † April 20, 1800 ibid.
- ↑ Angelika Hübscher: Arthur Schopenhauer , Life and Work in Texts and Pictures. Ffm., Insel, 1989, p. 62
- ^ Lists of the diplomats and consuls who reside in Hamburg and who represent the same . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 3, 1851, p. 522, ( online ).
- ↑ Marianne, b. Jenisch: * January 16, 1806 in Hamburg, † January 28, 1871 in Berlin.
- ^ Carl Peter: * July 18, 1831 in Naples, † April 28, 1857 in Cairo.
- ^ Wilhelm Martin: * April 9, 1834 in Hamburg, † November 29, 1904 in Lehmkuhlen.
- ↑ Website of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation , Donatoren, ( online ).
- ↑ Review in Blätter für literary entertainment , No. 79, March 20, 1837, ( digitized version ).
- ↑ Jutta von Simson: Christian Daniel Rauch, Oeuvre-Katalog / Werkverzeichnis Verlag Gebr. Mann, Berlin, 1996, p. 436
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Karl Sieveking |
Hanseatic envoy to Russia 1822–1832 |
Hermann Schröder ( Consul ) |
| Ludwig August von Rebeur |
Hanseatic envoy in Prussia 1840–1848 |
Carl Wilhelm Theremin (from 1851) |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godeffroy, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Godeffroy, Karl; Godeffroy, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hanseatic diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1848 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |