Jacob Kabrun Jr.

Jacob Kabrun Jr. in a contemporary engraving

Jacob Kabrun Jr. (born January 9, 1759 in Danzig ; † October 24, 1814 there ) was a Danzig merchant who became known as a book and art collector and as a philanthropist .

Kabrun was of Scottish descent and the son of a merchant. From September to December 1804 Kabrun was the teacher of Arthur Schopenhauer , who was to learn the trade in the Kabrun family's trading house. Kabrun was friends with von Schopenhauer's father, a businessman who also came from Danzig.

Kabrun had an extensive library and collected valuable paintings. He bequeathed these together with city bonds to the city of Danzig . The collection of paintings is now in the Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku .

literature

Ernst Bahr: Kabrun, Jakob. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 717 f. ( Digitized version ).

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Rüdiger Safranski: Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy . Harvard University Press, Massachusetts 1991, ISBN 0-674-79276-9 , pp. 52-53.
^ Matthias Gotthilf Löschin : History of Danzig from the oldest to the most recent , Volume 1. Ewert, 1828, p. 497.
↑ Entry on the Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku at Euromuse . (Retrieved September 2, 2009.)

personal data
SURNAME	Kabrun, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kabrun, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danzig merchant
DATE OF BIRTH	January 9, 1759
PLACE OF BIRTH	Danzig
DATE OF DEATH	October 24, 1814
Place of death	Danzig

[1] Rüdiger Safranski: Schopenhauer and the Wild Years of Philosophy . Harvard University Press, Massachusetts 1991, ISBN 0-674-79276-9 , pp. 52-53.

[2] Matthias Gotthilf Löschin : History of Danzig from the oldest to the most recent , Volume 1. Ewert, 1828, p. 497.

[3] Entry on the Muzeum Narodowe w Gdańsku at Euromuse . (Retrieved September 2, 2009.)