Henrich Ernst Kestner
Henrich Ernst Kestner (born February 3, 1671 in Detmold ; † July 5, 1723 in Rinteln ) was a German lawyer and university professor .
After studying in Frankfurt (Oder) and Halle (Saale), Kestner received his doctorate on July 1, 1696. As a full professor at the University of Rinteln , he supervised numerous dissertations and wrote over thirty treatises on the most diverse areas of law in natural law , Roman law and Canon law Right and German law .
By how Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716), with whom he corresponded, the general justice and the so-called. Natural law about the time applicable Roman law introduced, and this confronted, as far as the reason and generally regarded as right and proper prestigious Contradicted principles, he found himself in contradiction to the then prevailing doctrinal conception. Kestner was close to his colleague Christian Thomasius (1655–1728) - a son of the Leibniz teacher Jakob Thomasius - and the lawyer Heinrich von Cocceji (1644–1719; from 1690 in Frankfurt / Oder), who taught in Frankfurt (Oder) and Halle .
Kestner is a great-grandson of the Schaumburg court tailor Balthasar Kestner .
literature
- Rüdiger RE Fock: The Kestner. A German-French-Swiss family makes history (s) . Warendorf: Schnell Buch und Druck 2009. ISBN 978-3877167069
- Johann Friedrich von Schulte: Kestner, Heinrich Ernst . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 15, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1882, p. 664.
Web links
- Literature by and about Henrich Ernst Kestner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Henrich Ernst Kestner in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kestner, Henrich Ernst |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kestnerus, Henricus Ernestus; Kestner, Heinrich Ernst; Kestner, Hinrich Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1671 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detmold |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1723 |
| Place of death | Rinteln |