Friedrich Gerdes (legal scholar)
Friedrich Gerdes (born October 15, 1634 in Greifswald ; † December 10, 1695 there ) was a German professor of law.
Life
Friedrich Gerdes was the son of the lawyer and later mayor of Greifswald, Henning Gerdes (1591–1663), and the sister Elisabeth of the lawyer David Mevius . He first received private lessons from Joachim Rosenow , and later he attended the city high school.
In 1653 Gerdes began studying law at the University of Rostock and continued it from 1655 with Johann Pommeresche in Greifswald . Then he went to the University of Helmstedt . In 1658 he fled from here to Leipzig and Wittenberg from the plague .
He accompanied his uncle David Mevius on a legation trip to the courts of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and Hessen-Kassel .
In 1661, at the suggestion of his uncle, the law faculty of the University of Greifswald appointed Gerdes as a substitute for a professorship. In 1664 he received a full professorship.
In 1669 Gerdes became assessor, then in 1679 director of the Greifswald consistory . In 1688 he was appointed to the visitation commission for the Wismar upper tribunal , in which he had the decisive vote.
Friedrich Gerdes was married to Anna Erich, daughter of the Greifswald professor Joachim Erich, and is the father of Philipp Balthasar Gerdes (1680–1736).
His sister Anna was married to Gualter von Greiggenschildt .
See also
literature
- Dirk Alvermann , Birgit Dahlenburg : Greifswald heads. Scholar portraits and life pictures from the 16th to 18th centuries Century from the Pomeranian State University. Hinstorff, Rostock 2006, ISBN 3-356-01139-1 , p. 82 f.
Individual evidence
Web links
- Works by and about Friedrich Gerdes in the German Digital Library
- Literature about Friedrich Gerdes in the state bibliography MV
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Johannes Michaelis | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1668 |
Christoph Helwig senior |
| Augustine Balthasar | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1681 |
Matthaeus Clemasius |
| Conrad Tiburtius Rango | Rector of the University of Greifswald 1694 |
Johann Gerdes |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerdes, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gerdesius, Fridericus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1695 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |