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]).

personal data
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

[1] 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]).

[2] 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]).

[3] New citizenship magazine with special consideration for the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, page 425 . 1837 ( google.de [accessed on August 2, 2017]).