Leonhard von Napiersky
Leonhard von Napiersky (born July 18 . Jul / 30th July 1819 greg. In New Pebalg , Governorate of Livonia ; † October 11 jul. / 23. October 1890 greg. In Riga ) was a Baltic German historian and councilor in Riga.
Life
Leonhard Napiersky was the son of Karl Eduard Napiersky (1793–1864), pastor of Neu-Pebalg and historical researcher, and Louise Girgensohn. He studied law at the University of Dorpat and took an early interest in the legal history of Courland . In 1842 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on The Morning Gift of Rigic Law . Many of his later publications were made in collaboration with the Society for History and Archeology of the Baltic Provinces of Russia , of which he later became president.
Jakob Gottlieb Leonhard Napiersky was council secretary from 1853 and councilor in Riga from 1878.
The meteorologist August Wilhelm von Napiersky (1823–1885) was his younger brother.
Works
- Bodecker's Chronicle. 1890
- Riga City Heritage Books, 1384-1579. Riga 1888
- The city's libri redituum. Riga 1881
- The sources of the Rigian city law up to 1673. Riga 1876
literature
- Leonhard von Napiersky . In: Theodor Westrin (Ed.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Mykenai-Norrpada . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1913, Sp. 437 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Leonhard von Napiersky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Leonhard von Napiersky. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
- CERL Thesaurus , name variants (Thuringian University and State Library)
- Album academicum of the Imperial University of Dorpat, Dorpat 1889.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry in the burial register of St. Jacobi Church in Riga (Latvian: Rīgas sv. Jēkaba katedrāle)
- ^ Thomas M. Bohn: Napiersky, Karl Eduard von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , p. 731 f. ( Digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Napiersky, Leonhard von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Napiersky, Jakob Gottlieb Leonhard von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baltic German historian in Livonia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neu-Pebalg , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1890 |
| Place of death | Riga |