Johann Christoph Rudolph

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Johann Christoph (Christian) Rudolph (born November 3, 1723 in Marburg , † February 28, 1792 in Erlangen ) was a German lawyer and university professor.

Life

Johann Christoph Rudolph was born as the son of Sebastian Rudolph, administrator of the Elisabeth Hospital , and his wife Christine Elisabeth, the youngest daughter of Johann Christoph Huth, inspector of Friedberg Castle in the Wetterau . The names of his siblings are known:

After attending the grammar school in Marburg with the teachers Abt, Hempel and Sandrock, he decided to study theology and philosophy at the University of Marburg and heard lectures from Johann Konrad Spangenberg . In 1745 he moved to the University of Halle and switched to studying law after he had heard lectures from Johann Peter von Ludewig . From there he went to Bayreuth and worked there as editor of the Erlanger Gelehrten Zeitung. He moved to Erlangen in 1748 because the academic senate of the University of Erlangen demanded that the newspaper should be printed in Erlangen, where he also continued his law studies at the university and heard lectures from Johann Gottlieb Gonne (1713-1758).

Minister Ulrich Heinrich von Lauterbach (1687–1764) assigned him the defense in a legal dispute between the House of Brandenburg and part of the Imperial Knighthood . He took on this case and defended it so successfully in some writings that he won the favor of Margrave Friedrich III. who then granted him freedom from censorship in his writings and appointed him extraordinary professor of philosophy and law at the University of Erlangen in May 1754, although he did not receive his master's degree until 1755. He began his lectures with his inaugural address Quam noxius sit ei, qui ad solidam jurisprudentiae cognitionem adspirat, neglectus studiorum, quae vocant, subsidiorum . In philosophy he was inclined to Wolffianism . In 1756 he received his doctorate as Dr. jur. At this time he also gave up his editorial work and was fourth full professor of law in 1758 and gave his inaugural speech de naturalisni juridicinoxis on March 29, 1759. In 1760 he moved up to the third professor of law and in March 1762 became a member of the legal Faculty . In 1767 he resigned his philosophical apprenticeship and only practiced his legal apprenticeship. In 1769 he took up the publication of the Erlanger learned newspaper again until 1784. In 1778 he became the first professor in his faculty. His area of ​​expertise was civil, feudal and criminal law.

1770 Margrave named him Charles Alexander for Councilor .

Johann Christoph Rudolph was married. His two sons were:

  • Johann Achatius Rudolph († 1797), professor of law at the University of Erlangen;
  • Johann Philipp Julius Rudolph (1767–1801), city ​​physician in Windsheim .

Four weeks after his death, the secret church councilor Georg Friedrich Seiler gave a memorial sermon for Johann Christoph Rudolph.

Memberships

  • In 1755 he became a full member of the Academy of Sciences in Erlangen.
  • On September 20, 1759 he was appointed an honorary member of the German Society in Erlangen.

Fonts (selection)

  • Xenophon's campaign by the younger Cyrus, along with the retreat of ten thousand Greeks ; Translated from the French by Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt . With a preface by M. Paul Longolius. Court 1747.
  • Compendium historiae litterariae novissimae, or Erlangian scholarly notes and messages . 1748.
  • Abbot Guyon's history of the East Indies, old and more recent , in three parts. Translated from the French (1744), with annotations. Frankfurt and Leipzig. Hof bei Grau 1749.
  • Diss. Philos. De ultimis voluntatibus jure naturae validis . Erlangae 1753.
  • Vindiciae territorialis potestatis imperii Romano-germanici, adversus exemtiones Nobilium . Erlangae 1753.
  • Progr. Adit. de Codice canonum, quem Hadrianus I. Carolo M. dono dedit . Erlangae 1754.
  • Repetitae vindiciae territorialis potestatis adversus exemtiones Nobilium, Göttingensibus vindiciis libertatis oppositae . Erlangae 1755.
  • Diss. Observationes de jure emigrandi et transmigrandi subditorum, eorumque expulsione et translatione in genere . Erlangae 1756.
  • Diss. Inaug. jurid. de accessione picturae . Erlangae 1756.
  • Draft of a general history of the imperial laws in force in Germany . Erlangae 1757.
  • Prolusio de lapsu decenii ad revocationem verbal testamenti non necessario; nomine Frid. Laur. Reel patri suo natalitia gratulantis . Erlangae 1758.
  • Progr. Adit. de vetere legum collectione, vulgo Jus Caesareum dicta . Erlangae 1759.
  • Diss. Pro loco de effectu metus in pactis et contractibus . Erlangae 1762.
  • D. de criminibus delictorum carnis ut plurimum accessoriis . Erlangae 1763.
  • De transplantatione subditorum in locum emigrationis vel expulsionis religionis causa non substitenda, ad JPO artic. V. §. 36 . Erlangae 1768.
  • Nova commentatio de Codice canonum, quem Hadrianus JPR Carolo M. dono dedit . Erlangae 1777. ( digitized version )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Georg Veit Engelhardt: The University of Erlangen from 1743 - 1843 For the 1843 anniversary: ​​On strong paper . Barfus, 1843 ( google.de [accessed December 22, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Rudolph, Johann Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rudolph, Johannes Christophorus; Rudolph, Joannes Christophorus; Rudolph, Ioannes Christophorus; Rudolph, Johannes Christoph; Rudolph, Jo. Christophorus; Rudolph, Johann Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1723
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1792
Place of death gain