Johann Wilhelm Engelbrecht

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Johann Wilhelm Engelbrecht (born January 15, 1674 in Hameln ; † December 12, 1729 in Helmstedt ) was a German lawyer and professor at the University of Helmstedt .

Live and act

Johann Wilhelm Engelbrecht came from a family of lawyers. His grandfather Arnold Engelbrecht (1583–1638) was Chancellor and secret councilor in Wolfenbüttel , his father Julius Arnold Heinrich Engelbrecht (1635–1675) doctor of both rights and councilor . His uncle Georg Engelbrecht the elder and his cousins Georg Engelbrecht the younger and Christoph Johann Conrad Engelbrecht were law professors in Helmstedt . Johann Wilhelm studied philosophy and law in Helmstedt, Halle (?) And Leipzig.

After completing his studies, he was first court master for two young noblemen from Rheden in Halle and then on appointment by Abbot Molanus Syndic of the Loccum monastery .

In 1701 he was offered a chair at the philosophical faculty of the University of Helmstedt. In 1705 he switched to a law professorship at the local law faculty. The following year he received his doctorate in law from the University of Rinteln . He was vice-rector of the university three times (1712, 1716 and 1726). In 1727 he was appointed British-Brunswick-Lüneburg court counselor.

Johann Wilhelm Engelbrecht wrote several legal writings on different areas. He particularly distinguished himself in teaching.

He was married to Hedwig Sophia Best (1688-1722).

Works (selection)

  • De iusto naturali ludorum in pecuniam, from money and luck games , Hamm 1704
  • Commentatio juris gentium de militantium officio in expeditionibus bellicis , 1705
  • De jure pænarum capitalium in homicidio doloso , 1706
  • De jure stapulae , 1711

literature

  • Wolfgang Lent: Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , pp. 203 f.
  • Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm . In: Joachim Rückert, Jürgen Vortmann: Lower Saxony lawyers . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-525-18241-4 , p. 338 f.
  • Emil Julius Hugo Steffenhagen:  Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 133.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century , Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, pp. 203 f.
  2. ↑ See Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm . In: Joachim Rückert, Jürgen Vortmann: Lower Saxony lawyers . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, p. 338 f.
personal data
SURNAME Engelbrecht, Johann Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engelbrecht, Johannes G .; Engelbrecht, Johann G .; Engelbrecht, Joh. Wilh .; Engelbrechtus, Ioan. Wilhelmus; Engelbrecht, Johannes Wilhelm; Engelbrecht, Ioannes W .; Engelbrecht, Johannes Wilhelmus; Engelbrecht, Ioannes Wilhelmus; Engelbrechtus, Johannes Wilhelmus; Engelbrechtus, Ioannes Wilhelmus; Engelbrechtus, Joh. Wilhelmus; Engelbrecht, Joh. Wilhelmus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamelin
DATE OF DEATH December 12, 1729
Place of death Helmstedt