Daniel Gralath the Younger
Daniel Gralath (born June 8, 1739 in Danzig ; † August 10, 1809 in Danzig) was a German legal scholar and local historian from Danzig.
Life
Daniel Gralath belonged to a patrician family whose members in the 18th century mostly held public offices and also had scientific interests, like his grandfather, city secretary Jacob Theodor Klein in the natural sciences, and his father, mayor Daniel Gralath the Elder ( 1708–1767), who wrote scientific papers on electricity theory and founded the Natural Research Society in Danzig . Older sources often confuse the dates and areas of work of the two.
Gralath studied at the University of Königsberg , among others with Immanuel Kant , and received his doctorate in law in 1763. From 1764 he worked for 45 years at the Academic Gymnasium Danzig as professor of law, from 1799 also as rector . In addition to several articles in August Ludwig von Schlözer's state announcements from the 1980s, in which he defended the rights of his hometown against the claims of the Prussian government at the time, and a large number of legal treatises and a few occasional publications, he wrote a history of his hometown.
Gralath was from 1775 to 1778 master of the Masonic lodge "Eugenia the crowned lion".
He died on August 10, 1809 after resigning from the rectorate on February 21.
Works
- Honorary memory of major general v. Eggers . Danzig 1773
- Progr. In obitum Magistri G. Wernsdorff . Danzig 1774
- An attempt at a history of Gdańsk . Königsberg 1789–1791, Volume 1, Königsberg 1789 ( Online, Google ) ( PDF file, 42.25 MB ); Volume 2, Königsberg 1790 ( Online, Google ); Volume 3, Königsberg 1791 ( Online, Google )
literature
- Theodor Hirsch : Gralath, Daniel the Younger . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 575.
Web links
- Works by and about Daniel Gralath the Younger in the German Digital Library
- Peter Letkemann: Daniel Gralath the Elder J. . In: Ostdeutsche Biografie (Kulturportal West-Ost) (in the article on Daniel Gralath the Elder)
Individual evidence
- ↑ See ADB entry on Daniel Gralath the Elder
- ↑ Pumeks: Loża "Eugenia" ( Memento from April 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on the website of the Muzeum Akademii Rzygaczy (Polish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gralath, Daniel the Younger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar and local historian from Gdansk |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1739 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1809 |
| Place of death | Danzig |