Erhard Adolf Matthiessen
Erhard Adolf Matthiessen (born October 7, 1763 in Altona ; † November 1, 1831 there ) was a German lawyer , businessman and councilor .
Life
Erhard Adolf Matthiessen was the son of the merchant and councilor Conrad Matthiessen (* December 1723; † June 15, 1789) and his wife Agneta Gertrud Fleisch (* unknown; † April 1794). His father was the son of the whaler Otto Matthiessen and founded the fishing and trading institute in Altona .
Erhard Adolf Matthiessen studied law in Göttingen . He was a licentiate in law and a cashier at the Bank Comptoir in Altona . In 1788 he became its auditor when the Speciesbank was founded . On October 29, 1790 he was appointed learned councilor . On March 6, 1795 he was Vice Police Officer in Altona . After the death of his brother Otto, who died on December 16, 1796, he took over his business and was the owner of the Matthiessen shop in Altona ; As a result, he became commercial councilor in Altona on March 29, 1797. Since March 11, 1808, he was also a member of the Commerz College, an interest group representing the Altona colonial traders. In 1817 he became general administrator of pupil money (= orphan money). On March 7, 1820 he was appointed the Danish real judicial council , but asked for his release on January 5, 1821.
Erhard Adolf Matthiessen was married to Katharina Elisabeth Niemeyer, who died before him, and with whom he had four sons and a daughter.
Works
- Tabulae ad expeditiorem calculiim logarithmi summae vel differentiae duarum quantitalum per logarilhmos tanlum datarum; or tables for the convenient calculation of the logarithm of the sum or difference of two quantities, which themselves are only given by their logarithms, altona, JF Hammerich. 1817.
- Common logarithms of the natural numbers from 1 to 10000, ordered, revised and stereotyped. The. 1823.
- Songs, humorous stories, rhyming ideas and jokes. Das., Printed by CG Pinkvoss. 1823.
- Small essays in the Altonaer Adress-Comtoir- and in Prof. Schumacher's Astronomische Nachrichten.
literature
- Moritz Cantor : Matthiessen, Erhard Adolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 675.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Detlev Lorenz Lübker: Lexicon of Schleswig-Holstein-Lauenburg and Eutinian writers from 1796 to 1828, pp. 363–364 . K. Aue., 1829 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2017]).
- ↑ Berend Wilhelm Feddersen, Arthur Oettingen: Biographisch - literary concise dictionary of exact natural sciences, p. 82 . Akademie Verlag., 1863 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2017]).
- ^ New citizenship magazine with special consideration for the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, page 425 . 1837 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2017]).
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SURNAME | Matthiessen, Erhard Adolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, businessman and councilor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1763 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Altona |
DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1831 |
Place of death | Altona |