Daniel Nicolai

Daniel Nicolai (born April 4, 1683 in Königsberg i. Pr. , † August 1, 1750 ibid) was a German lawyer.

Life

The son of the Prussian archive and hunting secretary Georg Nicolai and his wife Elisabeth (née Mecklenburg) had initially received training from private teachers. Guided by Michael Hoynov and Matthäus Kunstmann, he acquired the knowledge he needed to start studying on April 17, 1699 at the Albertus University in Königsberg . Initially, he concentrated on studying the basics of philosophy. To this end, he attended the lectures of Daniel Hoynovius and Reinhold Stürmer, but also the mathematics lectures given by David Bläsing . After he had worked out the necessary basics and had proven this in a disputation on suicide , he concentrated on studying law.

For this purpose Nicolai attended the lectures on the institutes with Johann Heinrich Hoyer, with Johann Stein he heard the Pandects and feudal law and was instructed in legal practice by Johann Amsel . On March 17, 1706 he moved to the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt , took part in the celebrations on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the university's founding, and in May of the same year went to the Friedrichs University in Halle . He was mainly drawn here by the celebrities of the time, Samuel Stryk and Christian Thomasius . After he had found accommodation with Johannes Sperlette , he attended the lectures of his role models as well as those of Johann Samuel Stryk , Johann Peter von Ludewig and Justus Henning Böhmer .

When he had proven himself in a number of disputations and demonstrated extraordinary efficiency, on January 3, 1708, Frederick I of Prussia appointed him extraordinary professor at the University of Königsberg. Under Samuel Stryck, he completed his inaugural disputation De obligationibus filii familias on March 28th , after which he received his doctorate in law on April 13th of that year. He then traveled to the University of Leipzig , the University of Erfurt , the University of Marburg , the University of Leiden , the University of Franeker , the University of Groningen and other institutions in order to familiarize himself with the greats of law there. Returning to Königsberg, he held his pro Receptione dissertation de spoliato non restituendo on October 4, 1708 and in February 1709 took over the extraordinary professorship with the Pro loco dissertation de obligatione commendantis .

In addition, he became a lawyer at the court in Königsberg in 1714. On February 5, 1722, he was promoted to counsel at the Prussian Higher Appeal Court, and since he refused, he was appointed royal councilor and court magistrate. In 1724 he was accepted into the local city council as Königsberg city judge and president of the city commercial court. On July 2, 1726, he became a tribunal advisor at the Higher Appeal Court, rose to the fourth full professorship of law at the Königsberg Academy in 1733, became second full professor in the Faculty of Law in 1736 and became mayor of the city of Königsberg in 1741. In addition, he had also participated in the organizational tasks of the Königsberg University and was rector of the Albertina in the summer semesters of 1737, 1741 and 1745.

Works

Nicolai had not written any independent works. His writings mostly relate to his university activities and training. In addition to the already mentioned dissertations, the following are also known:

Dissertatio moralis posterior de caede propria. (President: Reinhold Stürmer) Königsberg 1702
Positiones ex Jure publico & private depromtae. Hall 1708
De Caede propria.
Ad Lib. VIII. Pandect. Ex lesson. Lauterbach.
Disputatio juridica de filiofamilias testatore. Koenigsberg 1709
De Privata damni incendio dati reparatione.
Diss. De Beneficiis debitori intuitu fundi extra concursum creditorum sub hasta venditi jure Prutenico competentibus. Koenigsberg 1736

literature

Daniel Heinrich Arnoldt : Detailed and documented history of the Königsberg University. Johann Heinrich Hartung, Königsberg in Prussia, 1746, 2nd part, pp. 254, 257, 275, line 48
Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Dunkel : Historically critical messages from deceased scholars and their writings. But especially those who in the very latest edition of the Jöcherische Allgemeine Scholars-Lexicon either completely passed over with silence, or at least are inadequately and incorrectly cited. Verlag Cörner, Köthen, 1753, 1st vol. P. 276 ( online )
Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart : Nicolai, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, p. 577 f.
Nicolai, Daniel, both right doctor and second full professor. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 24, Leipzig 1740, columns 533-536.
Christoph Weidlich : History of the legal scholars living now in Germany and partly also outside the same, which is presented as a legal scholar lexicon in alphabetical order. Verlag Johann Gottlob Schubarth, Merseburg, 1748, 2nd volume, p. 184 ( online )
Johann Georg Meusel : Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800. Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1810, vol. 10, p. 97 f. ( Online )

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Individual evidence

↑ Michael Hoynov also Hoynovius * March 8, 1659 in Milken / Prussia; † November 8, 1711 in Königsberg (Prussia), father deacon Johann Hoynovius († November 10, 1672), mother Dorothea, daughter of pastor Johannes Prostkä, attended school in Milken, Johannisburg, 1670 old town school Königsberg (named teacher, rector Andreas Concii , Vice Rector Matthias Freund, Vice Rector Mechior Günther), March 1676 University of Königsberg (teachers named: Paul Pomian Pesarovio, M. Christian Hartknoch, M. David Caspari, Konrad Voigt in philosophy, Georg Thegen and Andreas Concius mathematics, Bartholomäus Goldbach history, M. Andreas Plomann Hebrew language, M. Jakob Sahme and Georg Damm Theologie, in Pesarovio de immortalitate animae rationalis December 21, 1680, Goldbach de Prae Adamitis July 24, 1682), August 16, 1683 trip to Lübeck, Hamburg, Lüneburg, Wittenberg, Leipzig and Jena (lived with Posner, heard Hermann von der Hardt and Frischmuth oriental languages, Sagittarius history, Weigel mathematics, Baier and Bechmann theology), February 9, 1684 Magi ster University of Jena, March 1684 trip to Weimar, Erfurt, Gotha, Eisnach, Fulda, Hanau and Frankfurt Main (acquaintance of Spener and Jobo Ludolff, oriental language studies), then University of Gießen (theology Christian Rudrauf, Clode), Heidelberg, Philippsdburg, Strasbourg (teacher named: Schmid, Bebel u. Lic.Zentgravio), then Tübingen (D. Osiander and Caldenbach), then Nuremberg and Altdorf (Lambert, Wagenseil, Sturm, König and Moller), return journey via Jena, Leipzig (Scherzer, Pfeiffer, Carpzov, Rechenberg, Alberti and Feller), Dresden, Wittenberg (Abraham Calov, Quenstedt, Deutschmann, Walther and Schurzfleisch), Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder) (Beckmann and Stryke), Greifswald (Rangone, Fabricio and Cobabo), Danzig, September 5, 1684 Königsberg, habil University of Königsberg, 2 November 1690 Rector Stadtschule Löbenicht, 8 January 1702 Rector Altstädtische Schule Königsberg, works: de Paradiso, Sibyllarum oraculis, imperio in mare, sapiente Stoicorum, notitia novi orbis apud veteres, descensu solis ad terram, situ Regiomonti, orgine & progressu dignitatis electoralis in imperio Romano-germanico, causis diversi inter planetas ordis, ratione status, erroribus Machiavelli politicis, medio in superficie telluris, nomine Jesu, peregrinatione, monarchia universali, festo pentecostes, insignibus Prussiae, de loco sepulti Adami, variis modis peccata expiandi apud gentiles, in Isa. LXIII. 3. de facie scholarum in papatu circa tempora Lutheri, vitio apostasiae a Lutheroanismo ad papatum, vi & obligatione exemplorum, De hypothesibus Mathematicorum eorumque necessitate (present, Jena) (Zedler vol. 13, p. 539, col. 1035-1036; Arnoldt 516, line 19, Buck 117, PND 117028630)
^ Matthäus Kunstmann * April 28, 1650 in Königsberg; † August 14, 1726 ibid, 1683 Magister University of Jena, 1692 prorector, 1702 rector of the Löbenicht city school, works de sede animae ad mentem Aristotelis; praeputio Christi; quaestione: num iudex semper secundum leges, an etiam quandoque secundum aequitatem iudicare debeat? De quaestione: an iuuenis sit genuinus scientiae ciuilis auditor? (Arnoldt Z 157)
↑ Daniel Hoynov born December 29, 1667 Milken / Prussia; † November 5, 1700 in Königsberg (Prussia); Brother of Michael Hoynov, who received a master's degree at the University of Jena in 1693, was then a lecturer at the University of Königsberg, Werke de structura turrisbabylonicae, quaest. An mendici in republica sint tolerandi ?, expugnata ductu leporis Roma, causis, quibus impulsus Lutherus reformationis negotium inchoavit; quaest. Num reipublicae expediat habere feminas eruditas? Illustribus principum nativitatibus, principis apud subditos praesentia, necessitate scholarum illusttrium in civitate, eripienda Turcis Palaestina, seculo (Arnoldt 515)
↑ Reinhold Stürmer * December 3, 1677 in Königsberg (Prussia); † January 31, 1708 ibid, April 15, 1700 Magister University of Königsberg, 1704 deacon at Königsberg Cathedral; Works de caede propria; fratricidio, a quo Turcarum monarchae haud raro imperii initium facere consueuerunt; laude propria, quaestione: utrum pecunia sit neruus belli? (Arnoldt, Biographies 196)
^ Johann Heinrich Hoyer * November 1, 1663 in Königsberg i. Pr .; † September 8, 1715 there; February 18, 1692 jur. Candidate Königsberg, September 25, 1698 Licentiate in Law, ibid., 1701 ao. Prof. jur. ibid., Werke de nundinali debitorum privilegio, Avaria, poena perduellionis, consciis criminum, rogatione testium in testamentis, privata damni incendio dati reparatine, periculo rei ad gustum emtae venditae, divisione majoris & electione minoris, solenni rei debitae depositione (Arnoldt 27)

personal data
SURNAME	Nicolai, Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1683
PLACE OF BIRTH	Königsberg (Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1750
Place of death	Königsberg (Prussia)

[1] Michael Hoynov also Hoynovius * March 8, 1659 in Milken / Prussia; † November 8, 1711 in Königsberg (Prussia), father deacon Johann Hoynovius († November 10, 1672), mother Dorothea, daughter of pastor Johannes Prostkä, attended school in Milken, Johannisburg, 1670 old town school Königsberg (named teacher, rector Andreas Concii , Vice Rector Matthias Freund, Vice Rector Mechior Günther), March 1676 University of Königsberg (teachers named: Paul Pomian Pesarovio, M. Christian Hartknoch, M. David Caspari, Konrad Voigt in philosophy, Georg Thegen and Andreas Concius mathematics, Bartholomäus Goldbach history, M. Andreas Plomann Hebrew language, M. Jakob Sahme and Georg Damm Theologie, in Pesarovio de immortalitate animae rationalis December 21, 1680, Goldbach de Prae Adamitis July 24, 1682), August 16, 1683 trip to Lübeck, Hamburg, Lüneburg, Wittenberg, Leipzig and Jena (lived with Posner, heard Hermann von der Hardt and Frischmuth oriental languages, Sagittarius history, Weigel mathematics, Baier and Bechmann theology), February 9, 1684 Magi ster University of Jena, March 1684 trip to Weimar, Erfurt, Gotha, Eisnach, Fulda, Hanau and Frankfurt Main (acquaintance of Spener and Jobo Ludolff, oriental language studies), then University of Gießen (theology Christian Rudrauf, Clode), Heidelberg, Philippsdburg, Strasbourg (teacher named: Schmid, Bebel u. Lic.Zentgravio), then Tübingen (D. Osiander and Caldenbach), then Nuremberg and Altdorf (Lambert, Wagenseil, Sturm, König and Moller), return journey via Jena, Leipzig (Scherzer, Pfeiffer, Carpzov, Rechenberg, Alberti and Feller), Dresden, Wittenberg (Abraham Calov, Quenstedt, Deutschmann, Walther and Schurzfleisch), Berlin, Frankfurt (Oder) (Beckmann and Stryke), Greifswald (Rangone, Fabricio and Cobabo), Danzig, September 5, 1684 Königsberg, habil University of Königsberg, 2 November 1690 Rector Stadtschule Löbenicht, 8 January 1702 Rector Altstädtische Schule Königsberg, works: de Paradiso, Sibyllarum oraculis, imperio in mare, sapiente Stoicorum, notitia novi orbis apud veteres, descensu solis ad terram, situ Regiomonti, orgine & progressu dignitatis electoralis in imperio Romano-germanico, causis diversi inter planetas ordis, ratione status, erroribus Machiavelli politicis, medio in superficie telluris, nomine Jesu, peregrinatione, monarchia universali, festo pentecostes, insignibus Prussiae, de loco sepulti Adami, variis modis peccata expiandi apud gentiles, in Isa. LXIII. 3. de facie scholarum in papatu circa tempora Lutheri, vitio apostasiae a Lutheroanismo ad papatum, vi & obligatione exemplorum, De hypothesibus Mathematicorum eorumque necessitate (present, Jena) (Zedler vol. 13, p. 539, col. 1035-1036; Arnoldt 516, line 19, Buck 117, PND 117028630)

[2] Matthäus Kunstmann * April 28, 1650 in Königsberg; † August 14, 1726 ibid, 1683 Magister University of Jena, 1692 prorector, 1702 rector of the Löbenicht city school, works de sede animae ad mentem Aristotelis; praeputio Christi; quaestione: num iudex semper secundum leges, an etiam quandoque secundum aequitatem iudicare debeat? De quaestione: an iuuenis sit genuinus scientiae ciuilis auditor? (Arnoldt Z 157)

[3] Daniel Hoynov born December 29, 1667 Milken / Prussia; † November 5, 1700 in Königsberg (Prussia); Brother of Michael Hoynov, who received a master's degree at the University of Jena in 1693, was then a lecturer at the University of Königsberg, Werke de structura turrisbabylonicae, quaest. An mendici in republica sint tolerandi ?, expugnata ductu leporis Roma, causis, quibus impulsus Lutherus reformationis negotium inchoavit; quaest. Num reipublicae expediat habere feminas eruditas? Illustribus principum nativitatibus, principis apud subditos praesentia, necessitate scholarum illusttrium in civitate, eripienda Turcis Palaestina, seculo (Arnoldt 515)

[4] Reinhold Stürmer * December 3, 1677 in Königsberg (Prussia); † January 31, 1708 ibid, April 15, 1700 Magister University of Königsberg, 1704 deacon at Königsberg Cathedral; Works de caede propria; fratricidio, a quo Turcarum monarchae haud raro imperii initium facere consueuerunt; laude propria, quaestione: utrum pecunia sit neruus belli? (Arnoldt, Biographies 196)

[5] Johann Heinrich Hoyer * November 1, 1663 in Königsberg i. Pr .; † September 8, 1715 there; February 18, 1692 jur. Candidate Königsberg, September 25, 1698 Licentiate in Law, ibid., 1701 ao. Prof. jur. ibid., Werke de nundinali debitorum privilegio, Avaria, poena perduellionis, consciis criminum, rogatione testium in testamentis, privata damni incendio dati reparatine, periculo rei ad gustum emtae venditae, divisione majoris & electione minoris, solenni rei debitae depositione (Arnoldt 27)